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This Book is one of the Second Edition 
and this numbered insert is a Fac- 
simile of the Certificate attached 
to copies of First Edition. 



THIS IS YOUR NUMBER 

^^HIS FIRST EDITION includes 1000 copies, 
11^ for each of which the seemingly exorbitant price 
^^ of Three Almighties is exacted. If the kindly 
Customer will consider that it has taken a round half- 
century to cumulate, what are three round Silver Pieces 
when compared with the betrayal of ye Cloisterman^s 
Secret Mutterings and Musings of a Lifetime? 
In attempting to put my Book 

over, I am re- ^^^ 5029 ^"'^^^ of ^^^ 

famous printer John Froben, of 

Basle, who was Justly proud of his books and their 
accuracy. I may even crave forgiveness if I para- 
phrase a little dialogue between John and a customer: 

c. Well, Jam, what book have you there ? 

J. One that is equally your interest to buy as mine to 
sell. 

c. Something quite new and original ? 

J. The subject is old, like wine, and if it will not 
intoxicate you, it may inoculate you. 

c. You talk in riddles ! 

j. My book is called The War Bible of the Moment. 

c. The Bible has been reprinted many, many times ! 

j. True. The Sun itself does not appear every day : 
when it does shine it is just the same Sun, 
while even my enemies will concede it to be 
something different. 

c. You can assure me of its correctness ? 

j. That is impossible. But if the care that I have 
bestowed upon it has not been thrown away you 
will fnd it reasonably so ; besides you must 
remember that some high-brows get their thrills 
in their supposed discoveries of error, and I 
corf ess that I ham been indulgent to the Lqfties. 



c. I congratulate you, but I fear you will get but 

little credit for your labor; and so much labor 

hastens Old Age. 
j. What matters it? 'Tis my Destiny. And if She 

does bring me Old Age and its troubles, YOU 

have the power to ease them ! 
c. Indeed, how ? 
j. By purchasing this volume at once, and thanking 

me for offering it to you. 
c. Does not the parting with your own child give you 

pain ? 
j. Extreme pleasure. It was for you that I begot it. 

Like Krishna, it^s a thousand times a child, at 

once, so born, I hope like him 

'Twill light and gladness bring 
To just one thousand homes. + 

€. What is the price? 

j. Let me whisper. My binder said : ^^ You want your 
book to look like Two Dollars? '^ No! it inust 
look like Three! ''But,'' insisted the binder, 
it can't be done!" perhaps not— how about the 
customers ? 

c. You are very sanguine. 

j. Take it home and look at it. If you repent your 
bargain, you have my sympathy. 

c. You could not say fairer. Here, then, is the 
purchase-money in full tale. 

j. God bless you ! Read the book yourself, if you 
find thrills, share them with others, but do not 
lend the book while I have any more to sell. 

-f Krishna was tKe name of one of the Hindoo ^ods. It was pro- 
claimed at a certain period that Krishna was to be incarnated a^ain. 
A thousand towns besought Krishna to ^ive them the honor of his 
birth, so to disappoint none and to brin^ joy to all, he arranged to 
be bom in each town at the same time — a thousand times a child. 





Rattans, anb slfali rebuke mnn^ 
pg0pb; anh tl^ey sijall beat tljetr 
s6jorb» tnto pIo6jsl|ares, nnh i\]txv 
spears ittta prwnmg-lioofeg: ftSS? 
^attott sl|aU not Itft up sfonrb 
a^^amst ^attou, uettl|er sl|all tl]e^ 
learn JSSar anymore. 
0^ ^ouse of J^f^iib, cotne ye, anh 
let us foalk in tl|e ltgl|t of tl]e 

|iIorb^ ^saiali it, 4, 5. 






OKe War Bible 

Of Ave Moment 



Written into 



Colloquial English and Pure Slang 
niie Five Books of Moses 

WitK Sidelights on 4ie Book of Job, Hindoo Version 

of ^e Creation of Woman, ^q Cloister Version 

of 4ie Transformation of Man 

Unfolding 

ni\e Grand Old Story -wi^i Cloister Soliloquies, 
Smiles jand Tears 



1914 

JAMES AUSTIN MURRAY 

CHICAGO 






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COPYRIGHT 1914 

BY JAMES AUSTIN MURRAY 

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To Her : 



vE^HE dearest, sweetest Wife 

Whose smile Kas boen my g,uidin^ star 

tKrou^k life 
I dedicate this book. 



Dear Friend 



If from its leaves some note of g,ladness 

^reet tKine ear 
It is tKe sweetness of her life 

reflected here. 

And, now, if you will turn a leaf 

and further look 
You'll know the Lord has bless'd 

the author of this Look : 



©ur life Kas been a pleasure trip 
The Lord Kas been our ^uide ; 

He made our faltering footsteps sure 
And we've enjoyed the ride. 

Three passen|,ers have come aboard 
And thrilled us with their son^ 

Of Love and Joy ; in sweet accord 
We're traveling alon^ : 

Indeed, we've passed the silver post 
Upon the Road of Joy ; 

The Lord was mighty ^ood to us : 
Two Girls, and then a Boy ! 



BENEDICTION 


5 


Mea Maxima Culpa 


11 


TKe BiWe 


17 


My Book 


19 


GENESIS 




In tKe Beg,innin^ 


23 


The Garden of Eden 


27 


First Ni^Kt in Paradise 


30 


Forbidden Fruit 


32 


The First Family 


37 


The Delug,e 


41 


Three Kin^s 


45 


Father Abraham 


51 


Sodom and Gomorrah 


54 


Abraham's Sacrifice 


56 


Courting by Proxy 


57 


Jacob's Dream 


61 


Jacob's Wooing 


63 


Jacob Jumps His Job 


67 


Jacob's Quartette 


70 


Jacob's Only Daughter 


72 


Joseph and His Brethren 


75 



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De Profundus Clamavi - . . 81 

Pharaoh's Dreams . . .83 

The Famine . . 88 

Moving. Day . . . 95 

Job's Smiles and Tears . . 97 

EXODUS 

Ecce Homo . . • 101 

The Debut of Moses . . 105 

General Moses . . . 109 

A Job and A Wife . . HI 

Song,s of Jubilee . . . 116 

Heaven Fed and Happy . . 119 

Modem Idolaters . . . 123 

Modern Law . . 125 

LEVITICUS 

Pure Food Law . . . 132 

At the Stock Yards . . 133 

TheGodMolek ... 134 

The Cry of the Children . ^. 137 

The Passover . . . 140 

NUMBERS 

The Tribe of Levi . . 145 

Ministers of Grace . . . 148 

New Thought . . 149 

Kin^ Balak and Balaam . . 151 



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DEUTERONOMY 



EtKics and Economy 


155 


A Re-incarnate Moses 


156 


Moses Passes On 


157 


Ladies' Tailors 


158 


Fairies of tKe Stag,e 


159 


CLOISTER MUSINGS 




WKy War Bible 


166 


Some Prayers 


171 


Getting Across 


173 


The Bnrg,lar 


175 


The Outcast's Prayer 


177 


Soldiers of Peace 


178 


The Refugee's Prayer 


180 


A Thoughtful Hour 


181 


Into the Depths 


183 


Requiescant in Pace 


187 


Silent Prayer 


188 


The Indra's Hark 


192 


Find Your Place 


196 


Give Summer a Chance 


197 


A Citizen of Zion 


200 


A Citizen of Cottage Grove 


201 


Zwen^i 


202 



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An Estimate of the Sexes 


203 


Open tKe Gate 


207 


Armageddon 


208 


Sic Semper Tyrannis 


209 


My Genesis and Exodus 


212 


TKe Black Spirit 


213 


The White God 


214 


Time Investments 


216 


A Somnolent Thesis 


219 


Goin^ South 


223 


The Message of Truth 


225 


Paid in Full 


227 


Hindoo Version of Creation 


231 


Transformation of Man : -■- 




Ye Cloister Man's Version 


237 


Why Bachelors? 


247 


My Christmas Loving Cup 


250 


A Cup Full 


251 


It Happened In A Pullman 


253 


My Epitaph 


259 




aNDER tKe enchanting, spell of 
ye Cloister Muse, I typed tKis 
precious volume. I now drop it 
on tKe heads of an unoffending 
public, like a tomb from a Zeppelin. 
Throwing conventional discretion to the 
four winds, I have made a presumptive 
attempt to dethrone some popular idols. 

" You have outrag^eously violated the 
traditions," said one urbane gentleman 
of the sanctuary. One of my indulg^ent 
friends, whose researches in biblical lore 
have brought her world-wide recognition, 
advised me to have it carefully scanned 
by an expert reader. "It may cost you 



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a few dollars, but it's wortK it." **No," I 
said, "I will publish it, and the critics 
will read it for nothin' ! " 

Cromwell once called an artist to do 
him in oil. You know his face was dis- 
fig,ured by a vulvar wart. Well, the 
knig,ht of the palette remarked that he 
would cut it out. "You paint Cromwell 
wart and all, or I'll shoot you! " — that's 
what Crom said. 

I am not like Cromwell. More like 
the kid with the sore toe ; he was proud 
of it — and he ^ot sympathy. 

When I say that I revere and love 
the Bible, I am anticipating the verdict 
of those who will review the evidence 
and sit in judgment. 

Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil 
man: preserve me from the violent man; 
which imagine mischiefs in their heart; 
continually are they fathered together 



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for war: was tKe prayer of David, and 
it is the sincere expression of a g,rateful 
nation today. 

Truly, a teni^n Providence has sent 
amongst us an apostle who is spreading, 
the g,ospel of Peace and Good Will Ly 
deed and Ly word. Clap your hands, 
ye people! hats off to Woodrow Wilson ! 
Hail to the Chief ! who leadeth a mig,hty 
nation in the way of the Master ; the path 
of Peace ! 

Isly Bible Stories may cause you to 
look up the orig,inal version. If you do, 
I win — and g,reat will be your ^ain. 

Pure Slan^ will he assimilated into 
the classic English of tomorrow: the 
polite speech of today was the slan^ of 
yesteryear: it ^ives the emphasis that 
delivers the thrill, and passes current, 
even amon^ our test people. 

The Soliloquies are the unrestrained 



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outpouring,s of a pilgrim's progress in 
this vale of Smiles and Tears. 

Smiles and Tears are tKe golden 
consolations that make life worth living. 
Like the buLbles in the sparkling wine 
they ag,itate the slug,g,ish fluid and sprite- 
fuUy rise to the top. 

The Outcast's Prayer is the sincere 
expression of repentence of a stray soul 
outside the pale. The circumstance of its 
utterance is — Lut I must let you read the 
story as the witness told it to me. 

The Prophecies hold a promise of " a 
consummation devoutly to be wished," 
and inspire us with ennobling Thought 
that reaches beyond the veil into the 
promised Elysium ! 

In conclusion, I will say that my 
bible is here. Like the Zeppelin bomb, it 
came "when you wusn't lookin'," and 
you'll just have to make the best of it. 



TheT^olpalh To Peace. 



10 behind of life, because it piv'es you the chance to 
lo^e and to work and toptay and To look up at the stars, 
To be satisfied With_your possessions, but not contented 
Withj^ourself until you tiave made the best of fftemj 
To despise noftiin^ in the world except falsehood ana 

meanness, and to fear nothing except cowardice, 
\. Tbbe^oifmed by your admirations ratHer (nan by 
your disgusts: 

^~lOcoy^t nothirig tfiat is^our neighbors except his 
J^ kindness of heart and gentleness of manners: 



To think seldom ofyour enemies, often of_^our friends, 
and evl-ry cfay of G>hrist; 
Mnd to spenctas much time as^ou can, wfth body 
and wim spirit, in ovds out-of doorj- ; 
^ese are Utile ^guide-posts on the footpaffi fo peace < 



Uhe. 



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HE BIBLE is a sacred book 
Of knowledg,e most sutlime ; 
The wonders of Creation, 
Of God, of Man, of Time ! 
Pilots on tKe Sea of Doubt 
Have soug,ht its kindly li^ht. 
And, by its faithful guidance 
Have steered their craft aright : 

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Countless millions, passed beyond 
Unto that distant bourne 
From whence no earthly traveler 
Did ever yet return : 
And multitudes that live today 
Have read and searched its pa^es 
And found therein imprinted 
The wisdom of the a^es : 




Ye Cloisterman writeth ye book and sticketh ye type. 
Is also responsible for ye meter and cadence, if any. 



Y BOOK is for tKe millions 
And those who never look 
Nor seek the consolations 
Within the holy Book. 
E'en g,rave and reverend doctors 
And hosts of fellow sinners 
Who seek, alike, soma g,enial lig,ht, 
May catch its fickle g,limmers. 




Truth you will find in capsules, 

And smiles may effervesce. 

And those who feel its gentle prods 

Will disapprove, I g^uess ! 

Reader : mayhap you're one of them ! 

In trembling, hope I pause — 

Look for the g,ood within my book 

And overlook its flaws. 



Tlie PentateucK 

Tlie FWe Books of Moses 



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Ye FIRST BOOK. 



THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN, 

I, 10. 




1^ I tart nyo^ nV oc •■ant^tt G O > ^F*'' **-<*^ eu/r«/«*» 

From tKe Codex Ehnerianus, an elegant 

manuscript of tKe fourteenth century 

belon^in^ to Oxford University. 



3n tfje ilesinnins Wa& tfje l^orb 



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NFINITE vastness everywhere, 
Silence ! darkness ! 

God v/as there ; 
He breathed the Word and it 
was lig,ht : 
Darkness vanished into nig,ht. 
' Let li^ht he ! " the sun came out 
And spread its radiance all about ; 
And from afar with soft'ning, ray 
It shone benignly on the day. 

Then came the moon, a tempered 

li&ht. 
Among, the stars, to cheer the ni^ht ; 
And 'neath this ^org,eous canopy 
The Lord divided earth and sea. 
He bade the sur^in^ ^vaves divide 
Flowing by hill and mountainside ; 
Near fertile fields the torrents spread ; 
In babbling, g,ushing, streams they 

fled. 



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Tke Word was Keard, and eartK was 
seen 

To don a robe of fresKest ^reen ; 

Dense forests bowed with e very- 
breeze 

And g,ardens bloomed with plants 
and trees ; 

In lakes and purling, streams life 
stirred 

In g,lad obedience to the Word ; 

O'er land the solemn stillness broke 

And living, breathing, creatures 'woke« 

8 

The robin and the nig,htin^ale 

And birds of g,org,eous feather 

Sang, out the first Thanksg,ivin^ ode 

Harmoniously, together. 

S^vift and majestic on the ^ng, : 

The kin^ of every flying, thin^ — 

The eag,le-- soared from mountain 

hig,h 

And found his limit in the sky. 



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The echo of tKe lowing Kerd 
Quavered responsive to the Word ; 
The rooster's clarion rang, out 
Bees buzzed and flitted all about ; 
Lions roared and tig,ers leapt, 
Mute animals and insects crept : 
Sheep browsed and bleating lambkins 

played 
All together, unafraid. • 

All things were made by Him, 

and man, 
The last in the Creator's plan, 
To His own imag,e He desig,ned 
Endowing him with soul and mind. 
The g^reat world now stood forth 

complete, 
A footstool 'neath the Maker's feet ; 
Resting, the final Word he spoke ; 
O'er all this ^lory Sunday broke ! 



And the Lord God planted a g,arden eastward in Eden ; 
and there he put the man he had formed and out of the 
ground made the Lord God to g,row every tree that is pleasant 
to the si^ht, and ^ood for food ; the tree of life also in the 
midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledg,e of ^ood and 
evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; 
and from thence it was parted and became into four heads. 

Gen. II, 8-10 



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tlTfje (garben of Cben 

'UND AY morning, Adam 

At the moment dawn was 
breaking,, 
Looked around and rubbed his eyes, 
And looked a^ain, in g,reat surprise. 
For this picture of creation 
Was indeed a revelation — 
' Twas too g,ood to view alone. 
In Eden, all alone ! 

All around him birds of feather 
Sweetly san^ and flew tog^ether ; 
Every living, thin^ created 
Were tog,ether, all were mated ; 
Little turtle doves 'were cooing, 
All around him there was wooing, ; 
Only Adam was alone — 
In Eden, all alone ! 



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Poor man, tired out and weeping, 
Very soon was soundly sleeping, ; 
And tKe Lord found him alone — 
Adam sleeping, all alone ! 
Ere Ke woke, tKe Lord Kad taken 
Adam's spare -rib for the makin' 
Of a woman, of a wife — 
A mate to cheer his life. 



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From his troubled slumber 'waking, 
Adam's heart was almost breaking : 
Looking round, he rubbed his eyes, 
Then he beamed in ^lad surprise. 
There a vision of creation 
Full of life and animation 
Was beside him all his own — 
In Eden, all his own ! 




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cbold, what manner of Love the father bath bestowed upon us) 
tbal we sboutd be called tbe sons of 6od; therefore tbe world 
owetb us not, because it hnew bim not. 



geloved, now are we tbe sons of God, and it dot1> not yet 
appear what we shall be: but we hnow that, when he shall 

appjar, we shall be lihe bim; for we shall sec bim as be is. 
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^nd every man that hatlj this hope in bim purifietb himself 
even as he is pure. 



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FIRST NIGHT IN PARADISE 

DOW came still evening, on, and twili^Kt 
^ray 
Had in her sober livery all tKin^s clad ; 
Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, 
They to their grassy couch, these to their 

nests 
Were slunk, all but the wakeful ni^hting^ale ; 
She all ni^ht lon^ her amorous descant sun^ ; 
Silence was pleased: now g,lowed the firmament 
With living, sapphires ; Hesperus, that led 
The starry host, rode brightest, till the mom, 
Rising, in clouded majesty, at leng,th. 
Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless li^ht, 
And o'er the dark her silver mantel threw. 

When Adam thus to Eve : " Fair consort, 

the hour 
Of nig,ht, and all things now retired to rest, 
Mind us o£ like repose, since God hath set 
Labor and rest, as day and nig,ht, to men 
Successive ; and the timely dew of sleep. 
Now falling with soft slumbrous weig,ht, inclines 
Our eyelids : other creatures all day lon^ 
Rove idly unemployed, and less need rest ; 
Man hath his daily work of body or mind 
Appointed, which declares his dignity, 
And the regard of Heaven on all his ways ; 
While other animals inactive ran^e, 
And of their doings God takes no account. 

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Their first wedding trip now making 
Of tKe fruit they ^vere partaking,, 
When an apple tree they spied ; 
And a guardian ang,el cried : 
" Eat an37 other fruit you see, 
But touch not any on this tree ; 
Lest you be tempted, come not nig,h ! 
For they who eat will surely die ! " 



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And now a serpent came to Eve 
With cunning words couched to 
deceive : 
" Eat all you want, and you will be 
Like unto God, just try and see ! " 
Eve took an apple from the tree 
And said: "one never will hurt me. 
The lovers ate it to the core, 
It tasted ^ood-- they ate one more. 



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FORBIDDEN FRUIT 

"Much pleasure we have lost, wKile we 

abstained 
From this delig,htful fruit, nor known till now 
True relish, tasting, ; i£ such pleasure be 
In thing,s to us forbidden, it niig,ht be wished 
For this one tree had been forbidden ten. 
But come, so well refreshed, now let us play 
As meet is, after such delicious fare ; 
For never did thy beauty, since the day 
I saw thee first and wedded thee, adorned 
With all perfections, so inflame my sense 
With ardor to enjoy thee, fairer now 
Than ever, bounty of this virtuous tree. " 

So said he, and forebore not glance or toy 
Of amorous intent ; well understood 
Of Eve, whose eye darted contagious fire. 
Her hand he seized, and to a shady bank, 
Thick overhead with verdant roof embowered. 
He led her, nothing, loth ; flowers were the couch, 
Pansies, and violets and aspodel, 
And hyacinth, earth's freshest, softest lap. 
There they their fill of love and love's disport 
Took larg,ely, of their mutual ^uilt the seal, 
The solace of their sin ; till dewy sleep 
Oppressed them, wearied with their amorous 
play. — John Milton, 



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A little apple, what a cost! 
Through it a Paradise was lost. 
Terror struck, the recreant lovers 
Put on skimpy fi^ leaf covers ; 
Eden's lovely first edition 
Brought the race to sure perdition. 
And it happened on a Sunday -- 
''Sic transit gloria mundi." 



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Love lives and lies in woman's eyes, 
And lies, and lies, and lies, and lies ! 
Since the first woman. Mother Eve 
Turned them on Adam to deceive. 
Love-laden, limpid, lau^hinfe eyes ; 
A perfect fig,ure, charming size ; 
She wore no Nemo or Kabo 
And puffs and pads she didn't know. 



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If Eve sKould travel do^vn Broadway 
SKe'd make a stunning Kit today ; 
The swellest dame in Paris style 
Would have to side-step for awhile. 
O ^irls ! it's not the clothes you wear 
Nor yet the ^vay you do your hair ; 
It's just that something — smile 

I mean 
That lends enchantment to the scene ! 



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One may possess the g,laddest ra^s 
And put them on like cofFee La^s : 
Another with a g,ing,ham wrap 
Ag,ed five -and thirty years, mayhap, 
Will trip along, like Sheba's queen 
And make you think she's seventeen! 
What is her secret, can you ^uess? 
She's ^ot me g^oing,, I confess ! 



"And the Lord God said : Behold the man has become 
as one o£ us, to know ^ood and evil : and now, lest he put 
forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, 
and live forever : therefore the Lord God sent him forth 
from the Garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence 
he w^as taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at 
the ^ate of the Garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming 
sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the 
tree of life. - Gen. Ill, 22-24. 



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Now, Eve and Adam settled down 

To a quiet, Kumdrum life, 

And Bible Kistory tells us 

She was a neat and model wife. 

Cain was Ker first-born, wicked 

boy, 
Followed by Abel, meek and coy ; 
Cain, in ang,er, killed his brother 
Bringing, woe and tears to mother. 

Tears, soon dispelled by s^weetest joy 
When Seth came forth a bouncing 

boy, 
Good Adam smiled upon his wife — 
For centuries he smiled throug,h life. 
Almost a thousand years of bliss ! 
Always the same sweet Eve to kiss ; 
Eve truly was a model wife 
And Adam loved her all his life. 

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What say you, men, for Reno bound? 
Stick around and stand your ground 
And cultivate tKe Adam smile 
Bestowing it on one the -while. 
The woman once looked ^ood to you 
And chances are, if you were true : 
If you adopted Adam s -way 
She'd love you Letter every day. 

Smile all the while ; 

One little smile 

Will start a thousand other smiles 

And soon those smiles will shine 

for miles : 
And what if Fortune 's whims 

and wiles 
Change all on earth for miles 

and miles ; 
Change all we wear to newer styles ; 
We still may ^vear 
Old fashioned smiles. 



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The first born son of woman, Cain, 
I will revert to once ag,ain ; 
This man went forth accursed of God 
And settled in the Land of Nod. 
He led a most unhappy life 
And took unto himself a wife. — 
"Whose little an^el child was she?" 
You ask her name - now let me see ! 

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" Search the Scriptures, " 

you may find — 
It seems to have escaped my mind ; 
In Genesis, read chapter four : 
I cannot tell you any more. 
Now, when your questions puzzle 

me, 
I hope, dear reader, you'll a^ree 
To have your Bible close at hand 
For reference, you understand. 

Gen. XXI, 9 



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I truly mean to be sincere 
In all you find recorded here. 
My purpose is to stimulate 
And entertain w^Kile I relate; 
To g,et your interest aroused 
In fields wKere I have lightly 

browsed : 
I'll ^ive the chapter and the verse 
That tells the story quaint and terse. 

Alas ! we find him all about 
Who ^oeth forth with sneer and 

doubt ; 
He will not see : there's none so blind 
As he -who g,ropes with cankered 

mind ; 
We meet him in our daily ^valk, 
This cynic with the tainted talk ; 
Give him the road, make clear 

his ^vay : 
He comes to scofi', and not to pray ! 



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HE Bible Story of the race 
Tells Kow the people fell from 

^race; 
Tells how the flood was 
broug,ht about — 
And how it drowned the people out. 
All but Noah, who built an ark, 
A sort of floating Central Park — 
One kind of beast and bird with mate 
He put within his ship of state. 

It poured for forty days and nig,hts 
And put out all the tower lig,hts ; 
The ark rose buoyant toward the sky 
And landed on Mount Ararat dry. 
Then Noah op'ed his window wide 
And bade a^raven fly outside ; 
It perched above his cabin door 
And croaked a mournful 
"nevermore!" 

+ You're on : then a dove. 



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One day tKe captain passing by, 
Amon^ tKe Leasts found Cy DeVry, 
A stow - a - way witKin the ark 
Who said he hailed from Lincoln 

Park. 
And since that time Northsiders say 
Cy cinched the job he holds today: 
His secret charm works all the 

while — 
It always works, his winning smile. 

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Noah was ^ood and pleased the Lord 
And lived to reap a ripe reward ; 
As husbandman, his vineyard vines 
Produced the most delicious wines. 
Like many a captain come ashore, 
Noah kept drinking, " Just one 

more ;" 
And e'en as g,ood men sometimes fall 
Noah imbibed too much, that's all. 

Gen. IX, 21-29 



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*' Just a wee Lit now and tKen 
Is relisKed ty tKe best of men ; 
It smoothes tKe wrinkles out of care 
And makes ace-hi^K look like 

two pair." 
*' Who loves not woman, wine and 

son^ 
Lives a fool Kis whole life long, ;" 
"Who loves the sparkling wine too 

well 
May dream of heaven — 

but wake in hell. 



THE WINE GLASS! 

Who KatK Woe? Who hath Sorrow? 

Who hath Contentions? Who 

hath Wounds without cause? 

Who hath Redness of Eyes? 

They that tarry lon^ at the 

Wine ! They that g,o to 

Seek mixed Wine. Look 

not thou upon the Wine 

when it is red, when 

it g,iveth his 

color in the 

CUP 

when it 

moveth itself 

aright. 

• • • • 

• • • • 

At 

the last 

it biteth like 

A SERPENT, AND 

STINGETH LIKE AN ADDER! 

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tKljree icings 

HE Wars tKat ^rip tKe world 
today 
Are spreading, sorrow and 
dismay. 
The messag^e comes, and thousands 

fall: 
So many human lives, that's all. 
One monarch in his palace hears 
And thanks his mig,hty God, 

and cheers ; 
He sits in comfort on his throne 
And does not hear the dying, ^roan. 

Another monarch wars today 
And millions fall beneath his swa37 ; 
He is the ^reat King, Alcohol 
Who crushes out the life of all 
That come within his baneful clutch 
When his pernicious draug,ht 

they touch. 
His weapon is the poison cup 
That dulls the brain, and burns it up ! 



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WKile luckless warriors retreat 
He holds his victims at his feet ; 
The youth and maiden, dame 

and sire 
All fall by his destructive fire. 
Relentlessly he takes his toll : 
His poison damns the very soul ; 
No sword nor cannon ever wroug,ht 
Such ruin as his cup has broug,ht ! 



But list ! A monarch reigns today 
Supreme o'er every earthly sway: 
The g^reat Jehovah, Kin^ of Kin^s ! 
Advances, and this messag,e brings : 
"Hope, My children! come to Me 
All ye who heavy laden be ; 
From Sin and Death I will release 
And bless you with eternal Peace ! " 



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My LrotKer, Peace abide with you! 
Unto thy better self he true; 
The Lord hath g,iven you a mind 
To help yourself and help mankind. 
Your path is throug,h the battle 

ground 
Where wounded brothers lie around, 
Scorched by the fell destroyer's 

breath — 
Your help may save a soul from 

death ! 

" Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man : preserve me. 
iroan the violent man ; which ima^ne mischiefs in their 
keait, continually are they fathered tog,ether for war ! " 

Ps. CXL. 1-2 



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DO GOOD TO THEM THAT 
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Heaven seemed mig^hty far away 
To Noah's children, so one day 
They organized the tuilder's trust 
Resolved to build to heaven or tust. 
Their mania was to build a tower, 
A monument to human power, 
With stairs ascending to the sky, 
Reaching the very throne on hi^h. 



Hodmen's union number one 
Broug,ht brick and mortar by the ton 
And every union man \^^as paid 
Six bits for every brick he laid. 
The work ^vent ^well till foxy Mike 
Said: "now, be jabers men, let's 

strike!" 
The ag,itator's shrill command 
No one seemed to understand. 



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Irish and Dutch, and French and 

Greek — 
Even the ling»o the Chinese speak 
Sounded at once on Labblin^ 

tongues, 
A thunderclap of lusty lung,s ! 
Chapter eleven, commencing, one 
Tells why the tower was left 

undone — 
Read all the verses up to ten 
If you would trace those union men. 




The Tower of Babel comes under the 
head of unfinished business. You cannot 
climb into heaven on a ladder of prayer 
without a strong, wall of g,ood deeds to 
support it. 



A ND otKer sKeep I have whicK are 
not of this fold ; them also must I 
trin^, and they shall hear my voice ; 
and there shall he one fold and one 
Shepherd. — John x, 16. 



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jFatfter Stirafjam 

ND no^v to Father AbraKarci 
Our Bible tale g,ives place, 
The man who shares with 
Moses 

The homag^e o£ the race ; 
The law of circumcision 
Applied unto his seed, 
And males within his household 
Were first to take the lead. 

Read in chapter seventeen, 
Commencing number ten, 
TPte Bible will explain the rite 
That marks the sons of men 
Who trace to Father Abraham 
Their orig,in and place — 
The most authentic pedigree 
Of all the human race. 



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At ei^Kty-six ^ood Abraham 
And his despairing wife 
Prayed to the Lord to send them 
A child to bless their life ; 
A supplemental spouse was found 
In Ha^ar, Sarah's maid, 
Who bore a son, Ishmael, 
The wild and unafraid. 



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Poor Ha^ar ! innocent and pure, 
Her mistress* wrath incurred ; 
And Ishmael incensed her 
By a playful, mocking word. 
In bad ! ah, well you know it, 
They were cast from Sarah's door 
To starve and die ? nay, God did hear 
As He had heard before. 



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Now when tKe KundretK tirthday 
Of AbraKam drew near, 
SaraK bestowed a princely g,ift 
WhicK filled Kis Keart witK cKeer : 
Truly, It was a bouncing boy — 
A lineal son and heir ; 
Isaac, a prince of Israel 
Found royal welcome there. 



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The heart of Father Abraham 
"Was welling up with g,lee ; 
So he went to lodg,e that evening 
For the Patriarch's decree. 
He boasted of his century 
And how he'd made the line ; 
While Sarah and the baby 
Were doin^ very fine. 

Gen. XXI, --9. 



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^oirom anb (gomorraf) 

At Sodom and Gomorrak 

In passing, let us look, 

A very wicked spot it was, 

So says tKe Koly Book. 

The Lord resolved to burn tKe towns 

And wipe tKem from tKe map, 

TKoug,K FatKer AbraKam implored 

Against tKis dire misKap. 



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If only ten just men are found 
TKe wicked will I spare ;" 
TKus said tKe Lord to AbraKam 
In answer to Kis prayer. 
His kinsman, Lot and family 
Were advised to leave in Kaste ; 
To beat it out of Sodom, 
TKere was no time to waste. 



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An ang,el led them out of town 
And pointed out the way 
To a secluded mountain cave 
Where they mig,ht safely stay. 
"Look not behind," the ang,el said — 
Lot's wife did not attend — 
* Twas ever thus with woman 
And will be so till the end. 

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Some scoffers say a lady passed 
Bedecked in stunning, g,own, 
And others say a fire sale 
Was billed for Sodomtown ; 
Alas ! throug,h woman's g,rievous 

fault, 
She turned to look and turned to 

salt — 
The Bible tells no sadder tale ; 
Read chapter nineteen without fail. 

Gen. XIX— 26-30. 



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^tirafiam'si Sacrifice 

And now to prove Kis sincere faith 

This favored man of God 

Was put to a most crucial test 

And smitten with the rod. 

The Lord now asked in sacrifice 

His well beloved son, 

And Abraham said faithfully 

Thy will, not mine, be done ! 



With knife suspended, Isaac's life 
Hun^ by the frailest thread. 
But love and mercy intervened 
And claimed a ram instead. 
An ang^el came and stayed his hand 
And blessed him once a^ain — 
Truly, ^reat Father Abraham 
Was the most blest of men ! 

Gen. XX-I-13. 



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OURTING ty proxy came in 
vo^ue 
When Isaac sought a wife ; 
Rebecca ^vas the lucky one 
Who came to bless his life. 
His father's servant made the match ; 
Indeed ! you'd have to ^o 
Some, and then some, to strike the 

stride 
Of that Lothario ! 

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A nameless man, a servant — 
But why presume to tell 
So charming sweet a story 
As Rebecca at the well ? 
In twenty-four of Genesis 
Therein the story lies — 
' Twill set your heart a thumpin' 
And brin^ sparkle to your eyes. 



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And while tKe book is open, 
Look up Rebecca's twins; 
In chapter twenty-five it is, 
Verse twenty-one beg,ins : 
How Isaac prayed ! and Becky 

prayed ! 
Each asking for a son — 
And Esau came to Isaac, 
Becky chose the lucky one. 

Esau had the birthrig,ht. 
Just had it by a nose ; 
Read how Jacob bought it 
Before the Book you close : 
How Isaac, blind and trusting, 
Was craftily misled; 
How Jacob ^ot the blessing 
That should rest on Esau's head. 

Gen. XXV-22-29 



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Good Rebecca loved her Esau, 
But she loved her Jakey more ; 
She always thought her favorite 
Should by rig,ht have come before. 
If Isaac's eyes ^vere open, 
It would have been the same, 
As the " female of the species" 
Would have tried another g,ame. 



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Becky and Jakey live today 
And plan and plot the same old way ; 
Deceiving Ikey, old and blind 
And robbing Esau and his kind. 
Just put your hundred - dollar - rin^ 
To soak, or any precious thing, : 
Then wait, and watch the int'rest 

g,row — 
And you should own it yet, O no. " 




Abraham's Envoy Extraordinary 
Making a date for Isaac. 



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3atoV6 ©ream 

With his father's blessing, 
And assured of his birthright, 
Jacob, fearing, brother Esau, 
Went forth one starry nig,ht. 
It was Spring-time, and his fancy 
Ligjhtly turned to thoug,hts of love 
He was pining for a soulmate 
Like a lonesome turtle dove. 



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Weary with his journey, 
Jacob tarried by a stream. 
And on a stony pillow 
He cuddled up to dream. 
Up and down a ladder 
Silent ang,els moved in pairs — 
Ungloved, and barefoot angels 
Clim.bed up the g,olden stairs. 



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And Kis bed was made of gravel, 
And Kis pillow ^vas a stone ; 
Only youth may dream of ang,els, 
Moved by love, and love alone — 
Slumbering on a bed of gravel 
With a stone beneath his head, 
Jacob's dreams 'were never sweeter 
On a downy feather bed ! 



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Amplify the story ? 

Far be it from me ! 

Fancy tells me ' mon^st the climbers 

Were his Rachel and his Leah. 

Read in chapter twenty-ei^ht, 

Commencing number ' leven, 

The dream of Jacob's ladder 

That reached from earth to heaven. 

XXVIII-ll-20. 



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3^toh'i OTooins 

To emulate his father 
Was Jacob's fond desire, 
Thoug,h in courting he dispensed 

with 
The proxy of his sire. 
So it happ'd one balmy morning 
Jacob waited at the well — 
It ^vas a likely rendezvous, 
He had heard his mother tell. 



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Now came the lovely Rachel 
And her sheep ^th plaintive bleat ; 
And Jacob stood enamored 
Of the shepherdess so sweet ; 
He WS.S busy in a moment 
Bring,in^ water to her flock — 
Two hearts were beating faster 
Than a Waterbury clock. 



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In reward, the maid allowed him 
To take a cousin's kiss 
She ran Lack to Father Laban 
And told him all — but this. 
His fond maternal uncle 
Took him in with open arms, 
And for twenty years he labored 
Enslaved by Rachel's charms. 



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" Give to me Rachel for a wife 
And I'll labor seven years ; " 
So said Jacob to his uncle, 
Who accepted, it appears. 
Now when the time expired 
He was ^iven Leah instead — 
An older, wiser, sister 
Came unto Jacob's bed. 



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And to anotKer seven years 

He added six years more. 

Six years of clever manag^ement 

Made him richer than before. 

With four ^ood wives, a dozen boys, 

Most truly he was blest ! 

And he loved the boys of Rachel 

Better than all the rest. 



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Uncle Laban was exacting 

And a pretty foxy ^uy ; 

But he found his match in Jacob 

He admitted by and by. 

A pastmaster with the Aim - flam 

Jacob put a few across ; 

But he had to g,et up early 

Any time he fooled the boss. 




Nix on the noise, was Jake's command, 
To those who helped him pack 

And e'en the frumpy camel 
Soft pedalled on the track. 



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Sfacoft STumpg W& Job 

And now tKis four -ply husband 
Resolved to fly tKe coop 
WitK all his wives and children, 
A laug,hing„ noisy g^roup. 
**Nix on the noise, " was Jake's 
command 
To those who helped him pack ; 
And e'en the g^rumpy camels 
Soft-pedalled on the track. 



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Three days was Jacob on the road 
Ere Laban g,ot the hunch 
That his nephew had departed 
With the flower of his bunch. 
And Rachel stole the 

bric-a-brac, 
His idols, we are told. 
That he prized above his chattels, 
His silver and his g,old ! 



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LaLan fared fortK witK his LretKren, 
Direct toward Gilead's mount 
To overtake tKe fugitives 
And call tKem to account. 
Seven days Ke followed tKem, 
When weary, worn and spent, 
He came unto tKe mountain 
WKere Jake Kad pitcKed Kis tent. 



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More in sorrow tKan in an^er 
Uncle Laban ba^vled Kim out ; 
For at Keart tKis son of BetKuel 
Was a pretty g,ood old scout. 
Labe opined Kis silent blowing 
Was unmannerly and wron^, 
WKen Ke mig,Kt Kave celebrated 
WitK Karp, and mirtK and son^. 



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Then he rubbered and he rummaged 
For the treasures that were copped ; 
Even in the ladies' chambers 
The mattresses he flopped ; 
But Rachel, cute and cunning, 
Was wise to papa's curves 
Though his snooping was annoying 
To her finely balanced nerves. 



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Rachel was his darling daughter, 
A peach and thoroughbred ; 
So he didn't feet his idols 
But she feot his feoat instead ! 
How she reubed him is recorded 
In chapter thirty-one 
Read unto the happy ending 
Of the story I ' ve befeun. 

Gen. XXXI-34. 



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MtoVi (Quartette 

In telling Jacob's story, 

Before I quite forget, 

I'll present you to the ladies 

Completing Kis Quartette. 

There's a charming story waiting 

Of Jacob's dozen boys; 

So I'll throw a little g,linimer 

On his varied nuptial joys. 

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The Bible says that Rachel 
Who was hopeful but afraid 
Made a present unto Jacob 
Of her pretty waiting, maid. 
Sure Bilhah was delig,hted 
Though she never said the word, 
To have a share in Jacob 
And become his better third. 



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As I present tKe story- 
It is very plain to see, 
Uncle Laban put one over 
WitK Kis prim and passe" Leah. 
Love sparked in Jacob's bosom 
For Rachel at the ^vell, 
And thus for plural helpmeets 
This constant lover fell. 



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Leah also had her troubles, 
And her lonely maid, no doubt 
Felt the chilly situation : 
Unattached, and strictly out. 
Then Zilpah \vas invited 
To step in as Number Four ; 
Just g,lance at chapter thirty — 
Ah ! perhaps you've read before. 

Gen. XXX-1-37 



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And, speaking of tKe ladies 
It is opportune and meet 
To present tKe only daug^Kter 
DinaK, dimpled and petite. 
Madam Leah, senior hausfrau, 
WKo presented Kalf the boys 
Responded to the colors 
And completed Jacob's joys. 



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Lar^e volumes have been written 
Of Joseph and his brethren 
But you hear a mig,hty little 
Of his darling little sisthren. 
She looked awful feood to Shechem 
And she clave unto his soul, 
Thoug,h unwitting,ly she broug,ht him 
And his kindred fearful dole. 



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ShecKem's father, noble Hamor, 
Was induced to plead his cause 
But he failed through racial hatred 
And the Hebrews' moral laws. 
Of the youn^ Hivites misfortune 
And the shocking denouement 
You may read in chapter thirty-four 
Of a people's cruel wrong,. 



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Man's inhumanity to man 
Makes countless thousands mourn, 
It brings woe to every Nation 
Aud to children yet unborn. 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor 
Was Jehovah's own command ; 
Look around you, brother : 
How does His mandate stand ? 

Gen. XXXIV-1-31. 




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N Joseph and Kis brethren 
I'll throw a little lig^ht 
And, barring, slig,ht deflections 
It's sure to g^uide you rig,ht. 
Joe and little Benjamin 
Jacob loved above the rest : 
Of course he loved the baby 
But he loved his Joseph best. 

Jacob boug^ht a princely tunic, 
A coat of varied hue, 
And g,ave it to his favorite 
Little boy, ^vho ^vore it too. 
His brothers envied him before : 
The coat inflamed them all the more ; 
And when he told them of his dreams 
Their envy turned to hate, it seems. 



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"In a field we brothers labored," 

JosepK hastened to relate, 

*' And your sheaves bowed low and 

humbly 
To my sheaves which stood up 

straight ! 
A^ain I dreamed, O brothers ! 
Sun and Moon bowed down to me — 
Eleven Stars, each one my brother, 
Made obeisance unto me ! " 

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Fate awaited Joe at Dothan 

This intrepid little scout 

Who was sent there by his father 

To search his brothers out ; 

He found them, and they stripped him 

And they threw him in a pit : 

Their purpose was to slay him, 

Reuben's plea prevented it. 



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Later on tKey sold Kiiu 
To some men for Eg,ypt bound 
And tKey tore his coat and dipped it 
In some kid's blood on the g,round. 
They broug,ht it to their father 
Who was pitifully grieved 
Thinking Joseph was devoured 
He was cruelly deceived. 



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Coming into Eg,ypt, 
Those Ishmaelitic men 
Had little use for Joseph, 
And sold the boy a^ain. 
Potipher, his master, 
A man of wealth and power, 
Took him home and placed him 
In command within an hour. 



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This responsible position 
He mi^ht Kave kept for life, 
But for tKe macKinations 
Of tKe g,reat man's jealous wife. 
The BiLle tells the story — 
You mi^ht look over it, 
And g,et the little details : 
I've skipped a little Lit. 



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By vile intrig,ue and lyin^ 
She accused him of a crime, 
And Joseph fell in peril — 
Through another coat, this time ; 
He found himself in prison 
With two servants of the kin^, 
A misfortune that turned out to be 
A very lucky thin^. 



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92 



93 



Those aristocratic menials 
Told tKe troubles of tKeir sleep ; 
JosepK gratified tKe butler 
But he made the baker weep. 
Listen to the story 
As it was told to me : 
Then look it up in Genesis 
And see if we ag,ree. 

The butler, through his dreamy pipe 
Had seen a vine with g,rapes o'er 

ripe; 
He pressed them in a golden cup 
And let Kin^ Pharaoh drink it up : 
The baker balanced on his head 
Three homemade biscuits hard 

as lead 
He stumbled : that is my suppose 
And dropped the buns on Pharaoh's 

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'' O baker man ! " said Joe, '' feood 

nifeht! 
You'll ^et it in the neck, all rifeht; 
You' 11 dance on air, tied to a beam — 
That is the meaning of your dream ! 
And as for you, O butler ^reat! 
A^ain, you' 11 serve the kin^ in state ; 
When back to Pharaoh's court 

you ^o 
Remember Joseph told you so ! " 

Dreams oft presage the sleeper's will 
Sug,^estin^ deeds of g^ood or ill ; 
If waking thoughts are pure and 

sweet 
Our slumbers make our joys 

complete. 
Inventors often see in dreams 
The workings of their waking, 

schemes ; 
And plots to circumvent the foe 
The warriors see in embryo. 



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How often visions come to me 
That fill my enrag,ed soul with g,lee : 
I see the implements of war 
Piled in a heap, from near and far ; 
I see the people in their mi^ht 
Refuse to help the tyrants fig,ht ! 
Ere waking, o'er the world they sing, 
" God Save the People ! Damn the 
Kin^!^" 

Be ^rofunbis Clamabi! 



97 



Lord ! hear Thy people calling ; 
Behold the awful sight ! 
A holocaust appalling, 
A reeking, scarlet night ! 
Fair youth in manhood's flower 
And strong men in their prime 
Cry out in death this hour 
Against a cruel crime ! 



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98 



99 



Widows and orphans all about 
Now mourn in g,rini dispair ; 
Their hearts are wrun^ w^ith ^rief 

and doubt 
That mocks unanswered prayer. 
In sullen, silent, calm they wait, 
Tears lon^ have ceased to well ; 
Lord ! save Thy people from a fate 
More terrible than hell. 



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Out of the depths Thy people cry 

They supplicate anew ; 

Have mercy, Lord ! they must not die 

Ere they return to You ! 

Reach out Thine arm against the foe 

That slaughters innocence ; 

Proud kin^s and king,doms overthrow 

In Thy omnipotence ! 



100 



101 



But three days more tkey did abide 
Till Joseph's w^ords were verified ; 
Outside, the butler closed the ^ate, 
In Jail the baker met his fate. 
Inside the prison Joseph stayed, 
In watchful waiting,, undismayed ; 
In dreams he saw the Future ^reat. 
For two years more he had to wait. 



Two nights Kin^ Pharaoh had this 

dream : 
Fourteen cows stood near a stream ; 
Seven scrawny ones and lean 
Ate up seven plump and clean ; 
Seven ripened ears of corn, 
Glistening with the dews of morn 
Were swallowed up, so it appears, 
By seven thin and blasted ears. 

Genesis XLI, 1-25 



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102 

His troubled, tantalizing dreams 
Were getting, PKaraoh's ^oat, it seems ; 
He called tKe w^ise men to Kis Led : 
"It's just those rare -tit dreams, " 

they said. 
At last, the butler thoug,ht of Joe ; 
His parting words : " I told you so,'' 
Broug,ht the youn^ prophet to the 

throne 
To interview the kin^ alone. 

103 

Reporters ! here's a tip for you, 

Listen ! Get this interview : 

Joseph : 

I heard your dream of great import ; 

To solve it I have come to court. 

Pharaoh : 

How can you interpret dreams ? 

You are but a boy, it seems ! 

Joseph : 

I am Joseph, Israel 's son. 

In truth, the come - eleventh - one. 



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104 

Pharaoh : 

Come - eleven ! that 's enough, 

Go ahead ! unfold your stuff. 

Joseph : 

Your dream of seven - come - eleven 

Is just a timely tip from heaven. 

Pharaoh : 

Yes, Yes, g,o on! 

Joseph: 

E^ypt will ^row a bounteous crop. 

For seven years ' twill never stop ; 

The corn will sprout on rocks and hills 

O 'erflowin^ granaries and mills. 

And after this ^reat overflow 

For seven years no corn will ^row ; 

A famine will infest the land — 

Nothing g,rowin^, understand. 



A Smiling Face will always say 
Good Morning on a rainy day 

More ^ladsomely than words can tell — 
A Smile is Heaven, a frown is 

unnecessary ! 



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106 



My advice ? — Why start a trust 
For corner all tKe ^rain you must ; 
Some wiseheimer wKo knows tKe 

spiel 
Could help you carry out the deal. 
It's your move, Pharaoh, you must 

find 
Some youth with a prescient mind ; 
A man with purpose undefiled : 
Some Mama's busy an^el-child. 

Pharaoh : 

I g,et you Joe ! you start the trust 
And draw on me for all the dust ; 
Those stockyard packers, if they're 

free 
Could turn the trick, it seems to me 
A railroad president or two, 
If from Chicago, one will do ; 
But then there is New York ag,ain : 
Don't overlook those Wall street 

men ! 



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107 

When Joseph rounded up the bunch 
He asked the magnates out to lunch ; 
They troug,ht along, their lawyer men, 
Joe put them in the Cairo pen. 
The youth now g,overnor and judg,e 
Ag,ainst those lawyers held a ^rudg^e ; 
And so he set them doing, time -■-- 
A punishment to fit the crime ! 

108 

" A turn and turn about is fair " 
Said Joe as he consigned them there 
Remembering, complaints, no doubt. 
Of many a prison down - and - out. 
O, mercy me, how I dig,ress, 
It's not so written, I confess; 
So now I will retrace my step 
And to the fact will put you hep. 



A ^ood lawyer is a pilot on the Sea of 
Trouble who steers your craft safely into the 
Harbor of Peace and collects what the traffic 
will stand for ; other lawyers - ? - are pirates on 
the same waters who take all you have, then — 
throw you overboard. 



109 



110 



tKfje Jf amine 

For seven years of Joseph's rei^n 
Eg,ypt's farms o'erflowed with ^rain ; 
In barns and bins the corn piled 

hifeh 
With goodly stores of rice and rye ; 
And every foot of land was tilled, 
And all the royal cribs were filled. 
Then came the famine, it appears — 
A dry and barren seven years. 



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The packers and the Wall street men 

Were called to Joseph's house a^ain ; 

In exultation, they advised 

That Egypt's stores be advertised. 

They all had suffered in a pinch 

And knew the corner was a cinch — 

No fear of competition there ! 

No chance on earth for bull or bear. 



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111 

If I sKould let my fancy ride 

Until Pegasus struck his stride, 

I'd introduce some pale - face lies 

To show Kow mag^nates advertise. 

In justice to tKe foxy buncK 

That sat at Joseph's business lunch, 

I must admit they tried no schemes 

On this interpreter of dreams. 



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112 



The famine reached the Canaanites 
And Joseph's brother Israelites, 
Who had exhausted all their corn, 
Came unto Jacob all forlorn. 
Why stand ye idle " Israel said, 
' While all our kinsmen want for 

bread ? 
Eg^ypt hath corn, a g^oodly store 
For all its needs, and then some 

more. 



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113 ^ 

Go hither, each ^vith ample sack 
And purchase some, and brin^ it 

back; 
Leave Benjamin at any cost, ' 
Lest peradventure, he be lost : " 
His Rachel 's first - born, best loved 

son 
He mourned, for now he had but 

one; 
Poor Father Jacob, old and ^ray, 
Was bowed with sorrow in his day. 



114 



With other men from Canaanland 
Ten sons of Israel took their stand ; 
Impatient, tired and unnerved. 
They waited, anxious to be served. 
When Joseph spoke, he called them 

spies. 
Repressing, tears that welled his eyes ; 
In awe and terror they bowed low, 
Fulfilling dreams of lon^ a^o. 



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115 

Rou^Kly demanding whence they 

came 
He conjured them in Pharaoh's name; 
And kept them prisoners of State, 
In doubt, and trembling for their 

fate. 
" We wronged our brother," they 

would say, 
" And now we suffer here today ; " 
And Joseph heard and understood : 
By that he knew their hearts were 

^ood. 

116 

In time he filled each brother's sack 
And put the purchase money back, 
Commanding Simeon to stay 
Till their return some future day. 
With Benjamin, their father s joy, 
They must return — must brin^ the 

boy; 
Meantime brother Joseph prayed 
The Lord to bless the plans he'd made. 



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117 



At Kome, wKen tKeir inishaps were 

Keard 
TKe fathers Keart was sorely stirred ; 
Simeon, son of LeaK ^vas lost ; 
O wKat a pan^ tKe corn Kad cost ! 
Ag,ain tKe g,rain was ^ettin^ low, 
A^ain tlie brothers had to ^o ; 
This time ^th Benjamin they ^went 
To prove their word and ^ood intent. 



118 



Now Joseph watched with ^reat 

concern 
Lon^ for his brothers' safe return ; 
And when at last they came to meet 
In fear they trembled at his feet ; 
To hide his tears he turned aside : 
He would not let them know he 

cried ; 
Much kinder treatment they received 
And Jacob's children were relieved. 



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119 

A^ain, in filling, each one's sack 
They put the purchase money back ; 
In Benjamin's a silver cup 
Was placed before they tied it up. 
This was a ruse, it brought them back 
Suspected thieves ; they searched 

each sack ; 
I ' 11 let the Bible tell the tale 
Of how they almost went to jail. 



120 



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To plead for life was Judah's task, 
His scepter swept aside the mask ; 
In tearful eloquence it swayed 
Mindful the promise he had made. 
He pictured Jacob bowed with ^rief 
His Benjamin condemned a thief ; 
His best -loved Joseph was no more 
And time but made his heart more 
sore. 



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121 

Joseph no long,er could repress 
His Keart's o'erflow of tenderness : 
" I am tKy brother ! be it known, 
Tky father, Jacob, is mine own ! " 
Then taking each one to his arms 
He quieted their g,rave alarms ; 
Great honors on them he bestowed - 
The best of Eg,ypt's vintag,e flowed. 



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122 

And at the love feast it was planned 
To brin^ forth out of Canaanland 
Israel and their property, 
No matter what the cost would be. 
And in accordance with the plans 
The movers went with Pharaoh's 

vans 
And did their work so quick and 

clean, 
No slicker job was ever seen. 



123 



124 



iWobing Bap 

The family, tKree score and ten, 
Besides the crew of moving men ; 
Their horses, cattle, all their flocks, 
Their furniture and cuckoo clocks, 
Were ta^g,ed and loaded in the van ; 
And Jacob, now a happy man. 
Gave the word to start the band 
That played " Farewell to 
Canaanland." 

Now Joseph came in ^rand array 
To meet his father on the way ; 
With Princess Asenath, his wife, 
The sweetest bloom of Eg,ypt 's life : 
They came in chariots of gold 
Heralded by warriors bold ; 
And Jacob wept g,reat tears of joy 
As he embraced his long lost boy. 



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126 



In GosKen, land of milk and honey, 
Israel moved ^vitK flocks and money ; 
They tilled the soil and sowed their 

seed, 
How well, in Exodus you' 11 read. 
In passing, on from Genesis 
Some incidents perhaps you miss : 
One purpose is to g,et the smiles, 
The funny wrinkle that Leg,uiles : 



I take delight to pick and prune 
And always sin^ a merry tune ; 
To dissipate the g,looms that throw 
A spell on mortals here below. 
Pharaoh the kin^ whom Joseph knew 
Has shown up well in this review ; 
In later years another came 
Who broug,ht disgrace upon that 
name. 



Joti's! ^mileg anb Cears! 



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128 



Y putting, in an Interlude, 
WitK the reader's kind 



permission 
I ' 11 do just like the movies do 
And provide an intermission. 
I ' 11 throw a picture on the screen : 
A grander one was never seen 
Of man's humility and love 
Submissive to the Lord above. 

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Richly endowed with pelf and land, 
A shining mark for Satan's hand ; 
Job walked the straig,ht and narrow 

way 
And praised the Lord from day to 

day. 
Be sure he ^ot on Satan's nerve 
Who, tried the holy man to swerve ; 
And by consent of God Himself 
Deprived him of his land and pelf. 



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129 



130 



He took his children, caused his wife 
To blaspheme and torment his life ; 
And Satan who could do no more 
Left his victim sick and sore. 
The devil hoped he'd curse and rail, 
But all his wiles were doomed to 

fail: 
Job penitently shaved his head, 
Fell down and worshipped God 

instead. 

Chronolo^ers have lost the place 
And time when Job adorned the race ; 
His patience and his faith sublime 
Would honor any place or time. 
Some say he walked with Abraham, 
Some say he chummed with Moses, 
Some say the a^e of Solomon 
His lineage discloses : 

Job should worry! 



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131 

He is dwelling in the mansion 
Of the Lord who loved him best, 
Where the wicked cease to trouble 
And the weary are at rest ! 
This ends my little interlude, 
Not the story — it is writ 
In charming prose and poesy : 
Read every word of it 

In the Book of Job. 

132 

' Tis ^vell to know 

That some One knows 
The heart beat of the years ; 
' Tis well to know 

That some One knows 
The bitterness of tears : 

' Tis well some Pilot 

Knows the sea : 
'Tis well He's mine and thine ; 
' Tis well that in adversity 

The Temple lights still shine. 



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133 

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133 

OR many, many hundred years 
My story ming,les smile and 

tears ; 
For under Eg,ypt's cruel yoke 
Great Israel's spirit almost broke. 
But still, they g,rew and multiplied 
And Pharaoh's wits were sorely 

tried ; 
He feared the Jews would take his 

throne 
And crown a monarch of their own. 

134 

He introduced race suicide 
By cruel edicts he applied ; 
And male - Lorn Labes ^were done to 

death 
Before they fairly drew a breath. 
This foolish law to stem the tide 
Of human prog,ress \vas defied — 
A little Moses it ^vould seem 
Had drifted into History's stream. 

Exodus II, 1-6 



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135 

A racy story, I ' m afraid, 
Of little Moses, and the maid 
Who came in scanty Lathing, slip 
Prepared to take her morning, dip. 
Princess Thermuthis was attended 
By Jewish maids in tond descended : 
' Twas not apparent in their dress : 
In bathing suits it's hard to ^uess. 



136 

Now, Pharaoh's daughter, she it was, 
Whose father made those horrid laws 
Was startled by a baby's cry 
And saw a basket floating, by. 
That cry was Israel's " Shiboleth, " 
And saved a million babes from 

death ; 
She little knew the weig,ht she bore 
Who brought that precious craft to 

shore. 



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137 



And now those knowing Hebrew 

nympKs 
Lifted tKe lid, and took a g,limpse 
Of pretty Moses, rig,ht in style, 
Wearing, a most bewitching smile. 
" Bris " me - lah ! a Yiddish kid," 
The maid exclaimed who raised the 

lid; 
But Thermie Pharaoh sweetly smiled 
And claimed the cherub for her child. 




" That Cry was Israel's Shiboleth 




Four snow-white charg,ers pawed and pranced 
And hootchie-cootchies steppped and danced 

As Thermie, all in shimmering, lace 
Blew up the path and set the pace 



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138 

And now to find tKe needful nurse 
The maiden mother op'ed her purse ; 
' Twas Mosey's sister standing near 
Proposed to find a volunteer. 
I know one ^vith a plenteous share : 
A font of life and loving, care ; 
Who mourns bereft Ly Pharaoh's 

curse : 
Me thinks she'd make a dandy nurse. 



139 

The blushing, maiden g,ave consent 
And back to mother Moses went — 
Back to the font of milk and honey 
With queenly patronag,e and money. 
Then sorrowing Mother Jochebed 
Dolled up, and tied about her head 
A covering, of flashy hue 
Like any modern dame would do. 

Exodus II, 7, 8. 



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140 



141 



Some baby doll was Mosey too 
With snowy lingerie all new ; 
And every matron, maid and miss 
Came to bestow a farewell kiss. 
Then papa Amram, puffed and proud, 
Went out and rounded up his crowd : 
Frau Jochy was hig,h-mucky-muck 
So all the men folks had to duck. 



Princess Thermuthis was some ra^e 
When she came in her equipag,e : 
A chariot inlaid with ^old 
And costly jewels, we are told. 
Four snow-white charg,ers pawed and 

pranced 
And hootchie cootchies stepped and 

danced 
As Thermie, all in shimmering lace 
Blew up the path and set the pace. 

Exodus 11, 9-10 



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142 

If Thermie Pharaoh was alive 
She'd make a hit on Lake Shore Drive ; 
A cubist dame, demure and flip 
Fresh from her 'customed morning, dip. 
At Jochy's jinny-door she knocked: 
So did the neighbors : while they 
talked ! 
" Some class ! I think I hear you say: 
Sure ! Little Efeypt shone that day. 



143 

When Moses set his lamps on Ther 
His pinky-pats went out to her ; 
Her chance acquaintance of the beach 
Let out a lusty, joyous screech ! 
He almost jumped from Jochy's arms 
Won by the fair Eg,yptian's charms. 
Was little Mosey worldly wise 
To penetrate the Maid's disguise ? 



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144 



145 



Some say it "was her classic nose : 
He never saw Ker in those clothes ; 
My g^uess is that her winning smile 
Entranced the cherub of the Nile; 
Whatever it was, Miss Thermuthis 
Gave snookums a resounding kiss 
Then took him by by in her car 
And ^ave the gossips quite a jar. 

These little details, I admit, 
In Bible lore are not so writ ; 
I'll pass it to you on the quiet: 
It's just my fancy running riot. 
In Exodus, read Chapter two : 
I think you'd better read it through; 
You'll find me in a serious vein 
When you resume my book ag,ain. 



The Lie that ^ets across must be 
shorn of the dramatics, also details. 



146 



147 



Moiti ^ (General 

From infancy to man's estate 
There's very little to relate, 
While Moses studied Eg^ypt's lore 
For twenty peaceful years or more. 
Then Pharaoh's warriors were led 
By General Moses it is said ; 
They marched to Ethiopian Land 
And fought the foeman hand to hand. 

Their victories brought spoil and 

fame 
To Eg,ypt's arms and Pharaoh's name. 
At last when he returned to court 
Moses heard a sad report ; 
He saw a man of Eg^ypt smite 
A countryman with all his mig,ht : 
One telling, blow from Moses' hand 
Put that tyrant 'neath the sand. 



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148 



149 



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And now to Midian land Ke flew 
In search of ^vork tKat Ke inig,Kt do ; 
At noon Ke soug,Kt a resting, spell 
And took a seat beside a well. 
Soon JetKro's daug,Kters, seven strong 
Came tripping merrily alon^ ; 
TKey drew some water for tKeir flock 
Deli^Ktin^ Moses witK tKeir talk. 

Some an^ry sKepKerds came tKat day 
And tried to drive tKe maids away ; 
WKen Moses sKowed tKe g,inks 

Kis arm 
TKey flew pell-mell, in wild alarm. 
Rig,Kt Kome tKe ^ig,g,ling, cKicklets ran 
And told pa-pa tKey'd found a man! 
TKe priest invited Kim to tea 
TKere, Moses ^ot in ri^Kt, you'll see ! 

Ex. II, 16-17. 



150 



151 



^ fob anb !a Wife 

JetKro in a business talk 
Gave Moses charg,e of all his flock ; 
And that he niig,ht not he alone 
Gave him Zipporah for his o\vn ; 
And she, upon a timely day 
Brought Gershom, one -fine-boy, they 

say; 
A stranger, in a stranger land — 
A lone sojourner, understand. 



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While tending sheep a messag,e came 
From out a bush of fiery flame ; 
The Lord commanded him to ^o 
And save his people from their woe. 
The new Kin^ Pharaoh was afraid 
And on the Jews g>reat burdens laid ; 
In every way they were abused 
And all their pleas for help refused. 

Ex. Ill, 1 - 2 



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152 



153 



WitK BrotKer Aaron Moses went 
To ^et tKe cruel king,s consent 
To let Kis people leave tKe land — 
In fact, he made a firm demand. 
WKen all tKeir pleadings were in vain 
The Lord directed their campaign 
And put in Moses' hand the power 
To make the haug,hty tyrant cower. 



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He turned the water into blood 
And fro^s croaked in the scarlet mud 
The locusts came and other pests — 
In Pharaoh's house they built their 

nests. 
Not till the final , fatal blow 
Would Pharaoh let the Hebrews ^o ; 
Great miracles seemed all in vain 
Until the kind's own son was slain. 



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154 

In every Gentile Kome 'twas said 
The first-torn son ^vas stricken dead ; 
That forced the stubborn kind's 

consent 
To let each Hebrew pack his tent 
And march with Moses toward 

the sea 
From Eg>ypt's curse'cl bondag,e free. 
Deliverance was now at hand 
And straig^ht ahead the Promised 

Land. 

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155 

After many a weary mile 
The Hebrews stopped to rest awhile ; 
To count their money and a^ree 
On rates of interest by the sea. 
One ni^ht amidst tumult and roar 
Pharaoh's troops approached the 

shore ; 
Brother Aaron ran^ the bell, 
And Moses sig^nalled all was well. 



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And witK Kis arms extended wide 
He caused the Red Sea to divide ; 
When safely on the other shore 
They saw ten thousand troops 

or more 
Coming up the dry sea-path, 
Suspecting not a shower bath ; 
Moses sig,nalled as before 
And Pharaoh's army was no more ! 

Ye worldlings who follow 

the gjilded ^vhite ^vay, 
Seeking the phantom of 

of pleasure today ; 
Drinking in all the delig,hts 

of the cup : 
Be careful ! the whirlpool 

may s^vallow you up. 
Somewhere a Moses 

is leading, the w^ay, 



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And hosts of the faithful 

are marching today, 
Out of the darkness 

into the lig,ht ; 
Follow on, and be sure 

that your leader is ri^ht. 

158 

Don't he alarmed 

ty the tluster and noise : 
It's only the strenuous 

rou^h- rider toys ; 
The Red Sea is parted 

a^ain as of yore, 
The bronchos are backing 

away from the shore ; 
The voters are shouting 

a farewell, ^ood by ! 
Have a care, there's a rumor 

the Colonel will fly — 
Teddy is wise to 

the watery path, 
And it isn't his day for taking, a bath. 




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SING to JeKovaK 

And speak of his fame ; 
Exalt Hiin forever : 

Tke Lord is His name. 
At tKe breatK of His nostrils 

TKe waters on Keap 
Were parted asunder, 

A way tKrou|,K tKe deep. 



And KitKer His people 

He led like a flock, 
Down, down through tKe sKadows 

A patKway of rock ; 
But tKe Korse and Kis rider 

He drowned in tKe sea 
JeKovaK KatK triumpKed, 

And Israel is free. 



TKe Koly and mi^Kty One 

BaretK His arm : 
And PKaraoK's proud captains 

Are faint witK alarm ; 
He stilletK tKeir clamor 

WKere mountain waves leap 
And KusKetK forever 

TKeir sKouts in tKe deep. 



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From madness to stillness ; 

A shriek and a moan ; 
They sink to the bottom 

As sinketh a stone ; 
The horse and his rider 

Are drowned in the sea ; 
Jehovah hath triumphed 

And Israel is free. 

Forever and ever, 

O Lord, he Thy rei^n ; 
Thy mountain of beauty 

Thy people shall ^ain ; 
The proud dukes of Edom 

Shall vanish away 
And princes of Moab 

Be filled with dismay. 

For, g,ently thou leddest 

Thy flocks throug,h the deep 
And tenderly folded 

In safety Thy sheep ; 
The horse and his rider 

Are drowned in the sea; 
Jehovah hath triumphed, 

His people are free." 




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The land the Hebrew children found 
Was wilderness for miles around ; 
They soon ^rew tired o£ the eats 
And long,ed for Eg,ypt's oily meats. 
Now, Moses feared with g,reat alarm 
Their murmurin^s ^vould lead to 

harm; * 
He prayed the Lord with some avail 
To send a g,oodly flock of quail ! 



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One morning, wonderful to tell 
Manna, the bread of ang,els fell ; 
Now did the Hebrew Lamb's Club 

boast 
Of most delicious quail on toast ! 
Far better than the ham -what -am," 
Said every son of Abraham : 
They were a healthy, hung^ry bunch 
And relished Heaven's Kosher lunch. 



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The Marah water, all a^ree 
Was just as Litter as could be ; 
Sister Miriam, whilom cook. 
Was serving, tea with troubled look. 
At last, with timbrel in her hand 
She salied forth with all her band 
Straig,ht to Brother Moses' camp 
They went, and overturned the lamp. 



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There \vas Moses, without doubt 
When his flickering lig,ht went out ; 
** Listen, brother," quoth Marie, 
" The Mara is not fit for tea ; 
And we are sure it can be made 
Sweeter, by your potent aid — 
My boarders cannot see the joke ! " 
This, I assume, is how she spoke. 



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To g,et tke ax and fell a tree 
And tKrow it in tKe titter sea, 
Was just a moment's work for 

Mose — 
You've heard the story, I suppose ; 
It made the ^vater sweet and clear, 
Sparkling like Milwaukee beer. 
Read chapter fifteen — let me see — 
I think the verse is twenty - three. 

For forty days and forty nig,hts 
Moses left the Israelites 
Safe in Brother Aaron's care. 
Safe, he thought he left them there. 
Far up on Sinai's mountain hi^h 
A li^ht was shining from the sky ; 
There Moses knelt with outstretched 

hands : 
There he received the 
Ten Commands. 



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Meantime tKe Hebrews gave a feast 
And importuned the frig,htened 

priest : — 
'' Give us a god we may adore, 
Like tKe Egyptian's towed before ! " 
Aaron was weak, and they were 

bold, 
And so they built their Calf of gold ; 
They worshipped it the heathen's 

^vay — 
For Israel, 'twas a sorry day. 



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Moses returned from Sinai's mount, 
Called his brother to account ; 
Aaron, with shame upon his face, 
Deplored his people's fall from grace. 
The tablets graved with God's 

commands 
Were broken, hurled from Moses' 

hands ; 
Their golden calf, reduced to dust. 
Mixed with their water, curbed their 

lust. 

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168 



Some Jews rebelled witK scornful 
lau^h 

And clamored for their g^olden calf ; 

The Levite tribe stood firm and true, 

And all idokters they slew. 

The Tabernacle was complete 

And God reigned from the Mercy- 
Seat ; 

Abiding, faith and peace did bless 

The Children of the Wilderness. 

ass? ass? 

Alas ! Idolaters today 

Adore their ^old the same old way ; 

The selfish multi-millionaire 

Is preying on us everywhere ; 

His ^ods are cast in golden pig,s : 

The more he casts, the more he dig,s ; 

From children's mouths he takes his 

tolls 
And perils their immortal souls ! 



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All he can ^rasp he turns to ^old, 
Like the calf worshippers of old ; 
The widow's mite, the orphan's share 
He takes and melts — what does he 

care 
Whence comes the ^old for which 

he di^s, 
This ^vorshipper of golden pi^s ! 
Truly, I say, a sorry plig>ht — 
We need a Moses here alright ! 

Now, pardon me, if I should draw 
Attention to our modern law ; 
Ing,enious law that works both ways 
Fills one with doubting and amaze ; 
Courts hig,h and low, and courts 

supreme 
Some judges - ? - not just, as they 

seem ; 
Condemn the weak and help the 

strong, 
Without reg,ard for rig,ht or wron^. 



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The law of Sinai's Mount will stand 
Till final Judgment is at Kand : 
Of course, we have g,ood laws today 
But Justice cries, and teg,s her way ! 
Meanwhile, our brilliant cong,ressnien 
Are making more laws now and then ; 
And leaving loopholes, pave the way 
For clients to escape some day. 




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Sometimes it seems that Law Books are the Barriers 
behind which Justice sheds her tears. 

How interesting the story g,rows 
As Exodus draws to a close. 
Showing the growth of civil life 
With all its thrills and all its strife. 
The old Mosaic law holds sway 
In our best governed land today ; 
Read carefully the Ten Commands . 
The Law's foundation, as it stands : 



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Hearken to this : 

Thou shalt not hill ! 

Then look at Europe, if you will— - 
A reeking human Abattoir 
Run by " Emperor, Kin^ & Czar," 
Who pray to God to help them slay 
Thousands, if need be, every day : 
Let king,doms wither at Thy Word ! 
Say it, in MERCY ! say it Lord! 



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The doom of Europe's Monarchies 

Is writ upon the wall 

And their proud thrones are tottering 

Stand back — and let them fall ! 

Clap your hands, ye people — 

Shout unto God in praise ! 

His throne alone in Heaven survives. 

Read what the Good Book says : — 



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in the heavens, and His Kingdom 
ruleth over all — Psalms ciii, 19 

His Kingdom is an ever - lasting 
Kingdom, and His dominion 
endureth throughout all the 
fenerations.— ' Psalms cxlv, 13 

He will hind their kin^s with chains 
and their nobles with fetters of 
iron; He will execute upon them 
the judgment written. — Psalms 
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Let burning coals fall upon them ; 
let them be cast onto the fre ; 
into deep pits, that they rise not 
up a^ain. -'"' Psalms cxl, 10 



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ROM Exodus we now advance 
So at Leviticus we'll glance ; 
TKe Book wherein the Law 
is set 

For ceremonial etiquette. 
The timid lambs with plaintive tleat 
Were offered at the Mercy Seat ; 
Aaron presided at the feasts : 
Four sons were his assistant priests. 



The Bible story mentions t^vo 
The false Nadab and Abihu, 
Who burned strangle incense 

unperfumed 
And for the sacrileg,e ^vere doomed. 
Peace offerings came thick and fast 
Israel prospering, at last ; 
Aaron was burning cows and lambs 
Which left the market lon^ on hams. 



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Camel steak was plenteous too 
And the mysterious rabbit ste-w ; 
Pi^s were condemned as food unclean 
But tasted pretty g,ood, I wean. 
Wise Moses saw with g,reat alarm 
This unclean food was doin^ harm 
And so the Kosher law was made 
That boomed the beef and mutton 
trade. 



This pure- food law was made, you 

know 
More than three thousand years ag»o ; 
Yet all the wisdom of the years 
Has not improved it, it appears. 
Our butter e'en is purest dope 
As o-le-a-^in-ous as soap ; 
Both made of fats of pig,s and ^oats 
And all we know is that it floats. 



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Some people walk the eartK today 
Believing,, when they pass away, 
Their souls will transmig^rate to kine, 
Or even pass to ^runtin^ swine. 
If Moses would come back today 
And mosey out the stockyards way. 
How would that g,reat lawgiver feel 
To hear the pi^s in terror squeal ? 



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If holy Moses could have seen 
That never-ending, kill -machine. 
Could watch their strug,^les as they 

rise ; 
Could hear their almost human 

cries : — 
The firm of Stick - em- quick - en - Co. 
Would close up shop and have to ^o ; 
If Moses had his old-time power 
He'd close em up within an hour ! 



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His sKaft would pierce tKe armor- 
plate ; 

The Levite tribe would ^uard tKe 
feate 

From wKicK a flam.in^ sword would 
sway 

To warn tKe butcKers all away. 

And fresKer, purer, air would blow, 

Sans oderous perfume, you know ; 

CKica^o would rejoice and make 

Of Bubbly Creek a crystal lake ! 



182 

TKe cKildren of tKe Hebrew race 
Obeyed tKe law and walked in g,race 
Some few, alas ! not Keld in cKeck, 
WorsKipped tKe HeatKen ^od Molek 
A KellisK monster, KoUow - cast, 
TKat masked a fiendisK, fiery blast; 
In Kis Kot arms extended wide 
Poor babes were tortured till tKey 
died. 



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To mollify the g,od Molek 
With Bovine face and chimney neck, 
Those cruel heathen malcontents 
Slaugjhtered the helpless innocents. 
Three thousand and some hundred 

years 
Have since elapsed, yet it appears, 
Thoug,h Molek's throne is 

disarranged 
Only the style of g^ods has chang,ed. 



Mammon now sits upon his throne 
With open mouth and belly blown ; 
Look at his g^reedy face today : 
He eats up all who come his way. 
Behold the countless innocents, 
Unaided by Omnipotence, 
Caug,ht in the current of the law 
And drifting, into Mammon's maw. 



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From north and south, from east 

and west, 
The heathen comes with shout and 

jest, 
Blowing, horns and beating drums 
To drown the piteous cry that comes. 
Look at the victims in the stream, 
Above the din the babies scream. 
They cry to heaven so far away 
To save their little lives today. 



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What meaneth then the bleating of the Lambs ? 



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THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN 

OO you hear tKe children weeping, 
O my brothers, 
E're the sorrow comes with years ? 
They are leaning their young, heads against 

their mothers, 
And that cannot stop their tears. 
The young, lambs are bleating in the meadows ; 
The youn^ birds are chirping in the nest ; 
The youn^ fawns are playing with the 

shadows ; 
The youn^ flowers are blooming toward 

the west; 
But the youn^, youn^ children, O my Brothers 
They are weeping bitterly ! 
They are weeping in the playtime of the others, 
In the country of the free. 

Now tell the poor youn^ children, 

O my brothers, 
To look up to him and pray 
So the blessed One, Who blesseth all the others, 
Will bless them another day. 
They answer, "Who is God, that He should 

hear us, 



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While tKe rusKin^ of tKe iron 'wKeels is stirred ? 
When we sob aloud the human creatures 

near us 
Pass Ly, hearing not, or answer not a word! 
And we hear not — for the wheels in their 

resounding — 
Strangers speaking at the door ; 
Is it likely, God, with Ang,els sin^in^ round Him 
Hears our weeping any more? " 

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And well may the children weep before you ; 

They are weary e're they run ; 

They have never seen the sunshine nor 

the ^lory 
Which is brighter than the sun : 
They know the ^rief of man, but not the 

wisdom ; 
They sink in man's despair, without its calm 
Are slaves, without the liberty in Christdom, 
Are martyrs, by the pan^ without the palm, 
Are worn, as if with ag,e, yet unretrievin^ly 
No dear remembrance keep, — 
Are orphans of the earthly love and heavenly; 
Let thena weep ! let them weep ! 



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They look up with their pale and sunken faces, 

And their look is dread to see, 

For they mind you of their angels in their 

places. 
With eyes meant for Deity : 
"How lon^," they say, " how lon^, 

O cruel nation, 
Will you stand to move the world, 

on a child's heart. 
Stifle down with a mailed heel its palpitation 
And tread onward toward your throne 

amid the mart ? 
Our blood splashes upward, O our tyrants. 
And your purple shows your path ; 
But the child's sob curseth deeper in the 

silence 
Than the strong man in his wrath ! " 

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HE sweetest smiles come after 
tears 
Comm.in^lin^ with our hopes 
and fears ; 
The purest g,old m.ust have alloy, 
And so must every earthly joy. 
With all their dull, nomadic life. 
Marked by continued stress and 

strife. 
The Hebrews in their humble way 
Enjoyed the first thanksg,ivin^ day. 

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The passover was first kept there, 
A sacred feast of fast and prayer. 
To celebrate the happy day 
When Israel made its ^et - away. 
Each to the tabernacle came 
And, in the ^reat Jehovah's name 
They offered lambs and olive oil 
And choicest products of the soil, 



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And Moses feave his wandering flock 

A fatherly, judicial talk ; 

He told them of the promised Land 

And all the blessing^s close at hand. 

He read to them his took of law, 

A perfect tome without a flaw : 

It is our basic law today — 

None better on our books they say. 



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It was the law of government 
Of people by their own consent ; 
No soulless corporations there ! 
No ^raspin^ g,rafters anywhere ! 
Look at the railroad octopus 
And ^what it's putting over us ; 
If Moses came to court today 
What would that honest jurist say ? 



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One nigjht I saw him in a dream, 
Our meeting place a court supreme ; 
A fat old judg,e presided there. 
And dozed in comfort in his chair : 
A crippled man with careworn face 
Had sued the "Road" that ruled 

the place ; 
I listened, and I heard his name — 
I heard the justice of his claim. 



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When all the evidence was in 
The *'jud^e a — hemm-ed, it is a sin 
To put the Road to such expense 
And brin^ such worthless evidence. ' 
Sadly, the plaintiff left the court — 
I heard a thunderous report ; 
''Where is the judg,e, where did he 
blow? " 
I asked, and Moses seemed to know. 



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^\}SfLY One Jud^e sat in Israel's 
^"^^ Court of Appeals— Just Moses; 
There was only ONE Supreme 
Court, and there is only ONE 
today. There are many limited 
courts, miscalled supreme — jJJSf 
The LIMIT of HUMAN LAW ! 



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E read in Numbers, chapter 
ten, 
How Moses called his fighting, 
men ; 

His trumpet, sounding, loud and lon^, 
Broug^ht forth a hundred thousand 

strong, ! 
The tribes were numbered and 

assig,ned, 
Their rank and functions were 

defined ; 
The tribe of Levi helped the priests, 
Assisting them at all their feasts. 



Aaron and Sons had been ordained 
And sacerdotal rig,hts obtained, 
To hold in perpetuity. 
Supported by g,ratuity. 
Aaron was chosen first hig,h priest, 
His office made him g,reat, at least : 
His virtues never could atone 
For all his faults, were he alone. 



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And Sister Miriam, by the way, 
Poor suffragette of common clay, 
With Brother Aaron had conspired 
To have their brother Moses fired. 
* Twas for this bold conspiracy 
The maid was touched with leprosy ; 
Why Aaron should escape scot-free 
Has puzzled wiser men than me ! 



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Moses, the man most truly g,reat, 
Divinely marked each human trait ; 
No epoch since the world be^an 
Has shown so ^rand and g,ood a man. 
If Bible truth is what you seek, 
There never was a man more meek ; 
With just enough of venial sin 
To prove him flesh, of human kin. 



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Reared apart from Israel's race, 
He found their destiny and place ; 
And from the scourg,e of Pharaoh's 

hand 
He turned them toward the Promised 

Land. 
The Lord communed with him alone : 
Through Moses' prayers His mercy 

shown ; 
And when throug^h grievous sin they 

fell 
He saved them, on the brink of hell ! 



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Pastors ! Ministers of Grace ! 

Are you takings Moses' place? 

Society Kas work for you 

In g,ilded halls and hovels too. 

Aloft, a cloud of sentiment 

Is resting o'er the churchly tent! 

That cloud is sure to treak some day 

And sweep a church or two away. 



198 



The suffrag,ette is in the land 
And wants mere man to understand 
Woman seeks emancipation 
By working, out her own salvation. 
No modern ^voman now depends 
On man alone to shape her ends ; 
She knows the g,reat Creator's plan - 
She wants to help ; to uplift man ! 



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Look upward, man, toward the sky : 
The solar system moves on hi^h ; 
Were Earth to shift its ordered place 
'Twould wipe out all the human race. 
And yet our social system moves 
In dangerous, disordered grooves ; 
Let notle woman take her place 
With man, she will redeem the race ! 



Hark ! hear the distant thunder roar 
The hail is pounding, hear it pour ! 
The li^htnin^ flashes o'er the earth: 
New Thought is here — a glorious 

birth! 
Away, the storm is sweeping all : 
Kingdoms totter, harriers fall ! 
Blow ! all the pomp o£ yesterday ! 
Blow, reeking, rotten thrones away ! 



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To the Kistoric Mount of Hor 
The army came and camped once 

more ; 
For Aaron 'twas tKe final scene : 
He shed his mortal coil, I mean. 
Eleazar was on hard to claim 
The vestments in the family name ; 
He dropped a sympathetic tear 
With Uncle Moses at the bier. 

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When next they marched the 

Israelites 
Came upon the Moabites ; 
Their numbers scared old King, Balak 
Who soug,ht a curse to turn them 

back. 
Baalam, a famous g,entile seer, 
The monarch summoned to appear ; 
And bribed him with a goodly purse 
To blast the Hebrews with a curse. 



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And that is Kow it came to pass 
That Balaam rode forth on his ass ; 
Leading, a host of Moabites, 
He went to ^et the Israelites. 
Tell the story? not for me ! 
Turn to Numbers, chapter three ; 
Professor Wise, in Balaam's class 
May learn a lesson from the ass ! 

Ofttimes the college peda^o^ue 
Misinterprets the Decalogue ; 
And presidents who seem all wise 
Encourag,e their convenient lies. 
Cold trusty steel and standard oil 
Are buying, plastic brains to spoil : 
Poor silly asses on the tracks 
With g,reedy Balaams on their backs ! 

And tKou^K I bestow all my ^oods to feed 
tKe poor, and though I ^ive my body to be burned 
and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 

1 Cor. XIII 3. 



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Jl IVuh For You. 

Sweet as (he soq^s which the robins siiio 

Pure as the fiou/- of a cct^jtal spr/'nj. 

Deep AS fhe depths of& mot/ier's lor^e. 

True as^our /eiifh in. the God rihoi^; 

With a ha ripest of smiles ^nd a ifamtne of tears, 

Throi^fh all the course o/^t/ie comiriy^ears. 

So sweet, sopeire', so deep, so true, 

fie ffiejoy late holds in store ^rj^ou. 

^"""^ -" Cstcius prj)- Hills. 



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THICS and due economy 
Are urg,ed in Deuteronomy ; 
The application of the law, 
Simply defined as Moses saw- 
Wholesome without equivocation, 
A ^uide to virtue and salvation ; 
It was the g,ood man's master took. 
The last one of the Pentateuch. 



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And yet some authors ask today : 
" Who was this Moses, anyway ? " 
Deep down within our consciousness 
We know a man, we must confess. 
The only man in all creation 
Who thinks he's a re - incarnation ; 
He has our Moses beat a mile 
With vigjOr- plus, in every style. 



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He's versed in every - olo^y : 

Look up recent cKronolo^y ; 

Who Kelped tKe cowboys round up 

cattle? 
Who led the rou^h - necks on to 

battle ? 
Who chased the fearsome grisly bear? 
Who tracked the rhino to his lair ? 
Who crushed to earth the muckrake 

worm? 
Who found the mollycoddle g,erm ? 



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Who patronized phonetic spellers ? 
Who wrote the only six best sellers? 
Who formed the Ananias club ? 
Who was it that he tried to snub ? 
Who ever made a bi^g,er bluff ? 
Who thinks we haven't had enoug,h ? 
Who is this parag,on ? I say, 
Who has us feoin^, who, I pray ? 



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At last they came to Jordan's banks 
And offered prayer in g^rateful 

thanks ; 
Before them spread the Promised 

Land: 
The g»rand fruition was at hand ! 
There Moses ^ave his tired flock 
His blessing, and a farewell talk ; 
There, with the lon^-soug,ht g,oal 

in si^ht 
The Good Man smiled a last 

GoodNi^ht! 

That brave and loyal son of Nun : 
Joshua, the intrepid one, 
Israel's leader now became 
And battled in Jehovah's name. 
Throug,h Jordan's flow a path ran dry 
Which let the Hebrew warriors by. 
The Book of Joshua tells you more, 
From chapter one to twenty-four. 

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Ere closings I would like to quote 
A law or two tKat Moses wrote ; 
So sapient and so versatile, 
He makes us weep, or makes us smile. 
His mission was to lead Kis race 
And show the doubting ones their 

place ; 
His word has ruled in a^es past — 
Unto the end his law will last. 



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ye arbiters of the style ! 

Truly, you ' 11 find it worth the while 
To read a verse or two in Deut 
Ere making that man-tailored suit. 
Did Dr. Mary Walker see 
What's writ in Deuteronomy ? 

1 quote a verse or two below — 
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O yes, it's true she has the rig,ht 
To put the lingerie out of sig,ht ; 
An Act of Cong^ress stands today 
And g,ives her trousers rig,ht-of-way. 
But did they know the ancient law 
That stands today without a flaw? 
The law was written long, ag,o — 
It's probable they didn't know! 

"The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth 
unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's 
garment, for all that do so are an abomination to the Lord 
thy God ! "— Deut. XXII, 5. 

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For you, O fairies of the stag,e 
There's g,rave reproof upon this pa^e ; 
Wear more of vesture, less of fring^e 
On Moses' Law do not imping^e. 
Yes, you may cut an ample slit 
Upon thy vesture, I admit — 
Until we have the stepless car 
It must he cut — but not too far ! 

" Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters 
of thy vesture wherewith thou coverest thyself ! " 

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Parents ! tis wise to searcK tKe Book 
The fifth one of the Pentateuch ; 
In chapter twenty-two please read 
And unto Moses' law ^ive heed. 
And you, O jud^e ! you must of 

course 
Read up the law to g,rant divorce ; 
There's something you may overlook : 
In justice, you must read the book ! 

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For men who lived in Moses' day 
Were just the same frail, common 

clay; 
Prone to sin, like Eden's pair -— 
Cursed by the God who put them 

there ! 
We know that a Redeemer came 
Who healed the blind, the sick and 

lame ; 
His blood has washed the curse away 
And broug,ht the world a brighter 

day! 



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CHIS now completes my little book 
My version of the Pentateuch ; 
And tKoug^h the story is quite 
old 
I fancy it is newly told. 
The World is just the same old place 
Revolving in the same old space ; 
Illumined ty the same old Sun 
That shines and smiles for everyone. 



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In reading Bible history 

We tread a realm of mystery ; 

The human story therein told 

New ^generations will unfold. 

The World's a stag,e, and Life's a play 

That we are acting every day : 

Directed by Almighty power 

We come, and live our little hour ! 




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aNCEASINGLY, the years roll by 
Millions are born, and millions 
die; 
Who knows the ^reat Creator's plan 
That holds the destiny of Man ? 
Wonders of Science and Invention 
May yet disclose the Grand Intention ! 
Seek not the myth, Perennial Youth : 
Seek till you find Eternal Truth ! 



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Why boast of breeding,, rank or race ? 
What matters 'pedig,ree or place ? 
Herein is traced the family tree 
Of prince and pauper, you and me. 
Listen to Nature, and obey 
Her gentle teaching,s, and you may 
Hold hig,h your head among, the ^reat 
Nor bend to kin^ nor potentate. 



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^y^HY THE WAR BIBLE? Some 
1 I # ^^^' R^^k^tl^ it not with turmoil 
^-B^ and strife? HatK it not stormed 
the fortress of Sleepyside? Consider its 
rebellion, its rumpus and its riot : 

And then I have a coup de ^race 
That may put-over my contention : 
Have I not, with my bold faux pas -?- 
Thrown down the gauntlet to 
convention ? 

One pubf I must not tell his name. 
Who sent reg,rets, you'll understand 
Led me to think my road t3 fame 
Was blocked by such a firebrand : 

War, Webster said in words well 

chosen 
Is hostile force and fi^ht as ^vell; 
Though Sherman, who was plug»^ed 

and frozen 
Said War was simply blazing Hell ! 



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It's up to you, you are tKe Jud^e 
Dear Reader, weig,h it v/ell 
I Kope you're neutral, without 

g,rudg,e : 
Say ! Is it War ? --- Or is it Hell ? 



"I sent my soul tKrou^K tKe Invisible, 
Some letter of tKat After-life to spell : 

And ty and by my Soul returned to me 
And answer'd 'I Myself am Heav'n and Hell. 

Omar K.-LXVl 

PerKaps we all sKall meet a^ain 

After tKe day 

After tKe pain, 

After tKe nig,Kt 

After tKe rain, 

After tKe War : 
PerKaps, if some of us are slain 

After we cross tKe Bar 
TKen sKall we meet a^ain. 



®If^ War f rnpli^rg 

(^?pHE doom of Europe's Monarchies is writ upon the wall 
\iy And their proud thrones are tottering, : — stand back 
and let them fall ; Great TOLSTOY, who appealed 
for bleeding,-Russia in his day, Bequeathed the World this 
Vision — construe it as you may. 

Cbi8 18 a IRevelation of 
events of a IDtnivers- 
al character wbicb 
must shortly come to pass: 

^betr epiritual outlines are novo be- 
fore m? e^ee- II see f loatino upon tbe 
eurlace of tbe eea of buman fate 
tbe buge eilbouette of a nuDe woman* 
Sbe iBt witb ber beauty, poiee, ber 
emile, ber jewele^^^^^a 0uper:=^lt)enu0. 
IRatione rueb ma&l^ after ber, eacb 
of tbem eager to attract ber especial^ 



Ii?» But 0be, like an eternal courtesan, 
flirts witb alL as^ lln ber bair 
ornamente, of &iamon&0 an& rubiee, 
is engrave!) ber name, ''Commercial 
ism/' Hs alluring ant) bewitcbina 
as sbe seems, mucb destruction ant) 
aQoni? follow in berwaUe* Iber breatb, 
reeking of sort)it) transactions, ber 
voice of metallic cbaracter like golt), 
ant) ber look of greet) are so mucb 
poison to tbe nations wbo fall victims 
to ber cbarms. 

Uni^ bebolt), sbe bas tbree gigantic 
arms witb tbree torcbes of universal 
corruption in ber ban&s- ^be first 
torcb represents tbe flame of Mar, 
tbat tbe beautiful courtesan carries 
from Citi? to Cit? ant) Countri^ to 
Countr^^ patriotism answers witb 
flasbes of bonest flame, but tbe cnt) 
is a roar of guns ant) mushets* 

^be seconb torcb bears tbeas& 
flame of bigotri? an& bi^pocrisi?* lit 



liQbte tbe lamps onl? in templee anb 
on tbe altare of 6acre& inetitutione* 
lit carriee tbe eeeb of faleit^ an& 
fanaticiem. lit l^inMee tbe minbe tbat 
are etill in craDlee an& follows tbem 
to tbeir graves* 

^be tbirb torcb is tbat of tbe law, 
tbat dangerous fonn&ation of all un** 
antbentic tractions, wbicb first 
5oes its fatal worl^ in tbe family, 
tben sweeps tbrongb tbe larger worlD 
of literature, art ant) statesmansbip* 

au Curope 3n Jf lames; 

^be great conflagration will start 
about 1912, set b^ tbe torcb of tbe 
first arm in tbe countries of Soutb** 
eastern Europe* lit will bevelop into 
a destruction an& calamity? in 1914* 
Hn tbat^ar 11 see all Europe in 
flames an& blee5ing* 11 bear tbe »s> 
lamentations of buge battle*=fiel&s* 

But in tbe i?ear 1915 tbe strange 
figure from tbe IRortb *$> a new 



IRapoIeon entere tbe etage of tbe 
blooD^ Drama* Tbe 10 a man of little 
militarietic trainingt a writer or a 
journaliat, but in bia grip moat of 
Europe will remain until 1925* 

C^be en& of tbe great calamity? will 
mark a new political era for tbe ol& 
worlD* ^bere will be left no empiree 
or Mng&ome, but tbe worl& will form 
a federation of tbe 'innite& Statee of 
IRatione. ^bere will remain onV^ 
four great giant0^=='tbe HnglO:^Saiont 
tbe Xatina, ^^ tbe Slave an& tbe 
fiDongoliane* 

a jeteto etfjical €ra 

after tbe pear 1925 II bcc a cbange 
in religious eentiment* ^be aeconb 
torcb of tbe courteean bae brougbt 
about tbe fall of tbe Cburcb* ^be 
etbical i&ea baa almost vaniebeD* 
Ibumanit^ is witbout moral feeling* 
But tben a great reformer arises* 
Tbe will clear tbe worlJ) of tbe relics 



of monotbeiem anb la^ tbe corner 
0tone of tbe temple of pantbeiem* 
(5o&, eoult epirit anb (mmortaliti^ 
will be molten in a new furnace, ant) 
II 0ee tbe peaceful beginning of an 
etbical era* ^Tbe man betermineJ) to 
tbi0 mieeion i6 a flOongolian Slav. 
Ibe i0 alreabi? walking tbe cavtb^^ 
a man of active affairs* Ibe bimeelf 
t)oe0 not now realise tbe mission 
aesigneb to bim b^ Superior powers* 

Hn&t bebolbt tbe name of tbe 
tbirJ) torcbt wbicb bas alrea^i? begun 
to Destroy? our family relations, our 
stanbar&s of art an& morals* iLbe 
relation between woman anJ) man is 
accepteJ) as a prosaic partnersbip of 
tbe sexes* Hrt bas become realistic 
begeneraci?* 

political ant) religious disturb- 
ances bave sbaften tbe spiritual ass? 
founbations of all nations* 



Hate OTiarg Strangle l^rogress 

iSnli? email epote bere an& tbere 
bave rema(net) untoucbeD b\> tboee 
tbree Deetructive flamea* ^be anti*' 
national ware in lEurope, tbe claee 
war of Hmerica anb tbe race ware in 
Heia bave atrangle&proQrees for balf 
a century* B^ tben, in tbe mibMe 
of tbi6 centurp, H see a beroine of 
literature an& art rising from tbe 
ranl^a of tbe Xatine an& IPereiane, 
tbe worlt) of tbe tebioue etuff as? 
tbe plebeian* 

lit \B tbe ligbt of symbolism tbat 
6ball outebine tbe ligbt of tbe torcb 
of Commercialiem. a$s? Hn place of 
pol^Qam? anC) monogamy? of tobai? 
tbere will come a poet^^ogam? a5& 
relatione of tbe eeiea baeet) funba^ 
mentalli? on tbe poetic conceptions 
of life. »^ 

Hn^ H eee tbe nations growing 
larger an& realising tbat tbe alluring 
woman of tbeir Destini? is after all 



notbing but an illueion. ^bere will 
be a time wben tbe vvorlb will bave 
no U0e for armiea, a5& bwocritical 
religiona anb Regenerate art^ Xife i0 
evolution, an& evolution ie develop- 
ment from tbe eimple to tbe more 
complicate!) forme of mint) anb bob^. 

U 0ee tbe paeaing abow of tbe 
worlb^brama, in ite present form, 
bow it fa&ea lifte tbe glow of evening 
upon tbe mountaine* ®ne motion of 
tbe banb of Commercialiam an& a 
new bietorg begins. 

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Nevertheless, hear thou now this word that I 
speak in thine ears, and the ears of all the people. 

The prophets that have been before me and 
before thee of old prophesied both against many 
Countries, and against great Kingdoms, of War, 
and of Evil, and of Pestilence. JJ?^ 

When the word of the Prophet shall come to 
pass, then shall it be known that the Lord hath 
truly sent him. 

Jeremiah xxviii, 7 - 9. 




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EXCERPT 

From sketch in "The Inland Printer/' of 
September, 1911. 

^[IM (James Austin "Murray, Ladly - in - need - 
^ of- a- hair- cut) Kas a strongly developed 
KoLby for antiques, old Looks and prints, o£ 
which he has an interesting collection. It would 
be larg,er, he told me in his almost serious way, if 
Clarence Marder, of the American Type Founders 
Company, of Jersey City, hadn't watched him so 
closely when he visited their mag,nificent library 
last summer. He fights shy of the title of poet, 
thoug,h it would seem that there is much incrimi- 
nating evidence which may some day be used 
ag,ainst him. No college or university has ever 
burdened him with deg,rees, yet he is a post- 
graduate of the University of Hard Knocks, and 
a past-master and ^reat-^rand-ju^gj.er of Eng>lish 
vocabulary. In all his typo-literary career he has 
failed to cultivate a "style," so there is no telling, 
where the types or the dictionary will break out. 



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Here is a moutKful taken from Kis stationery 
which mi^ht perhaps confirm the latter assertion : 

Type, ink and paper crystallized with novel ideas and 
hon mots o£ English phraseology for the delectation of lovers 
of nice typog,raphy and the gratification of progressive 
advertisers. 

The story of Ye Cloister would not he com- 
plete without touching upon the real attainment — 
the reward of persistent efibrt, -courage and 
initiative. The ^reat desideratum of its founder 
was to educate his children to competence and 
self - reliance, the real education which assures a 
life of usefulness, the true expression of goodness. 
We all love Ralph Waldo Emerson and ^ood old 
Walt Whitman. And for the same reason I like 
Jane Addams, ElLert Hubbard, Bruce Calvert and 
Booker T. Washington, because they are the 
pioneer apostles of that "real education," and are 
devoting their lives to " helping mankind help 
themselves." And that is "Ye Cloisterman's 
way" — and I like him, too. 





JUST FOR TO-DAY. 



iRD, for to-moRow and its needs I do not pray; 
Keep me,.my God, from stain of sin just for to-day; 
Let me no wrong or idle word unthinking say. 
Set Thou a seal upon my lips just for to-day. 
Let me both diligently work and duly pray. 

Let me be kind in word and deed, just for to-day. 
Let me in season, Lord,, be grave, in season gay; 
So for to-monow and its needs I do not pray, 
But keep me,, guide me, love me Lord, just 
for to-day. 




GETTING A -CROSS 
WITH A 

A'/ PRAYER! 

AT EVENTIDE 
When ^we decide 
To rest our head 
We ^o to bed : 
When overwroug^ht 
And Sleep ^11 not 
Take us away: 

THEN,-/ THEN •.' WE '.• PRAY! 
Thank You, dear God, for Eyes to see 
Thy Earth: so fair and brig,ht. I close 
them no^v, that I may see Thy Heaven 
THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT! 

We close our Eyes 

OUR MONO FLIES 

WE FLY AWAY 

FROM YESTERDAY! 

We ne'er come back 

Upon our track : 

IT'S PASSED 

FOREVER AND 

FOR AYE! IS 
YESTERDAY! 



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fURGE out of every Keart lurking ^rud^e. 
Give us ^race and strength to forbear and to 
presevere. Offenders, ^ive us ^race to accept and 
to forgive offenders. Forg,etful ourselves, Kelp 
us to bear cheerfully the for^etfulness of others. 
Give us courag,e, and gaiety and a quiet mind. 
Spare us to our friends ; soften us to our enemies. 
Bless us, if may be, in all our innocent endeav- 
ors : If it may not, g,ive us the strength to encounter 
that which is to come, that we be brave in peril, 
constant in tribulation, temperate in wrath, and in 
all changes of fortune, and down to the ^ates of 
death, loyal and loving, one to another. 

Robert Louis Stevenson. 



Hope, Hope a Way ! 

Great Hopes Kave made tKe lui^Kty 

of today ; 
It is the seed that flowers, thrives 

and ^ro^vs : 
Its limits ? the Creator only knows ! 

All that we would put into our living 

We could : 
If all that we could put into for^ivin^ 

We would. 



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tCfje purglar 

ONE of those noble women, who 
are ever reaching out to help 
the down-and-outs, returned 
home late one evening to find 
a sure-enoug,h Lurg,lar in her apartments. 
With the characteristic san^ - fvoid of 
of those sterling, workers, she hade him 
keep the jewels he had taken, and talked 
to him in a kind, sympathetic voice, and 
touched his heart in a way that only 
those ang^els of the slums know how. 
Back to his childhood days she broug,ht 
him, to his mother's knee, ^where he had 
first learned to pray. 




I am the Good Shepherd and know my sheep, and am 
known of mine. John X, 14. 



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** Perhaps one little prayer 
Still held in Memory's chain ? " 
Yes he would kneel that moment 
And say his prayer a^ain. 

" Our Father" -- then he faltered, 
The 'words refused to come 
Thoug,h prayer was overflowing 
The heart of that poor hum. 

At last he spoke : " dear lady, 
I sure do ^vant to pray: 
If God is hep to rummies 
I've g,ot a heap to say ! " 
** Pray man ! the prayer will reach 
the Throne 
That ring,s sincere and true ; 
God sees your heart, Ly it alone 
He always measures you ! " 





Wbt O^utcasit's! draper 

LMIGHTY God, gee, Kow 

I wanna pray to You. *.' I'm 
sorry Fm not Kep to de swell talk, 
an if it's all de same I'll try to Kahd 
it to^ou ih me own way. .'. I know 
yer wise to me God : I m in Lad, 
dat s a cincK. 1 wanna trow up me 
hand ah butt-in on de squar deal, an 
if 1 slips a cog, Lord, gimme de 
huhch, an 1 11 own up an play fair. 

Dis is de straight goods from me 
Keart. 1 sure do wanna Kike on de 
rigKt road. SKow it to me God: ftSS? 
Help a poor sinner : make me a 
winner. 45S5? Amen. 



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^olbiersi of ^eace. 

Adapted from Chas. Wesley's "The Whole Armor.' 

OLDIERS of Peace arise 
And put your armor on, 
Strong in tlie strength wKich 
God supplies 
Through His eternal Son. 
Strong is the Lord of Hosts, 
And in His niig,Kty power. 
Who in the ^reat Jehovah trusts 
Is more than conqueror. 

Stand, then, ag,ainst your foes 

In close and firm array ; 

Legions of evil fiends oppose 

Throug^hout this troublous day. 

Go meet the sons of nig,ht 

And mock their vain design 

Armed with the Truth and Heavenly 

Lig,ht 
And Grace and Love divine. 



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Follow the Prince of Peace 
Beside the waters still : 
In pastures ^reen He bring,s surcease 
Where you may rest at will 
E'en through the valley drear 
Where dark'nin^ shadows fall, 
No evil spirit can come near 
While God reig^ns over all. Psaim xxiii 

Dear Lord, it is Thy will 

That Peace on Earth abide 

Thy mandate is Thou shalt not kill : 

Behold! It is defied. 

Hark to the orphans' prayer 

The wives' and mothers' call ! 

Protect them with Thy Shepherd's 

care 
And let their tyrants fall. 

And the peace of God which passeth all understanding 
shall keep your hearts and minds. — Phil. IV, 7. 



^ije MtfuQtt's draper 

Dedicated to the Re£ug,ees o£ San Francisco Earthquake. 

OLord ! I humbly kneel in prayer, 
I ask tKy sovereign aid ; 
In pity, save me from despair, 
Protect me Lord, I am afraid ! 

A pilgrim in this earth- torn vale, 
Prostrate, I feel Thy power; 
I rise, I walk ! my footsteps fail : 
Lord help me in this crucial hour : 

Ah ! Faith and Hope return to me ; 

I feel a wondrous thrill : 

My fears depart, my soul is free 

To watch and pray, and do Thy will. 

Dear Lord ! contritely I confess 
My wav'ring, faith in Thee, 
When, in my hour of dire distress, 
Hell 's scorching arms encircled me. 

Now, in my peaceful hour of prayer, 
My Faith is strong in Thee ; 
And Peace and Hope put out despair : 
Lord, do what 'er Thou will with me ! 



Why are ye troubled ? And why do thoughts arise in 
your hearts. — Luke XIV, 38. 



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HERE comes to all a thoughtful 
hour, 
A sentient calm 
A thoughtful mood, 
A careful retrospect, a prospect 
fraught 
With hope and strong, desire 
And earnest, thoug,htful prayer ; 
An effort to unbind 

The lon^ beleag,uered soul ; 
To know the Truth, 
To see the Lig^ht, 
To find the Way : 
To take the hand that leads the spirit 
Up and on, alon^ the way 
The worry and the wraith, 
The fallible and fear, the g,loom and 
glame ; 
The failure and the fate 
The cloud and storm of sensuous 
trends 
To where life sits in sweet repose, 



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Exploits in g,lad emprise, 

Surveys tKe barmy vast 

Around, above, beneatK — 
The active matrix of Creation's 
worlds — 

Joins in tKe unsoundin^ tan^, 

The everlasting, song,, 
The chorus g,rand, sun^ by the rise 
and fall 

And ebb and flow, 

Resilience and calm 
Of the eternal seas of God's Infinity 

Where suns no long,er set nor rise 

But ride full-orbed 

The Eternal day 
And shed the g,lory and the sheen 

Reflected in the Shimmering, Sea 

Of Elohim's unsullied Immortality: 
" And there shall be no nig,ht there : 

And they need no candle 

Neither lig,ht of the sun ; 
For the Lord g,iveth them Li^ht : 

And they shall reig,n 

Forever and ever ! " 

Revelation XXII, 5 



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3nto tCfje ©eptfts 

O wKere the willow 
In silence is weeping 
Go where the ivy- 
Is wet with the dew ; 
Kneel by the g,rave 

Where your loved one is sleeping 
And learn if you can 

What she once was to you. 

a>^ ass? 

Out throug,h the Gates of the West 

In her splendor ; 
Out throug,h the Storm-cloud 

That hides her from view ; 
Into the Clearness 

Of Heaven's Blue Yonder 
She lives with the Ang,els 

Who once lived with you ! 



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"Mourn not O, Children 

Why, why are you weeping 
Ang,els are smiling 

Out from the pure Blue ; 
Mother is with them 

And ever is keeping 
The Soul - love that Heaven 

Is holding, for you ! 

For I will turn their mourning into joy, and 

comfort them, and make them rejoice from 

their sorrow. — Jeremiah xxxi, 13. 

Into the depths 

Let some Soul- word be spoken, 
Spoken to Her, 

The test friend you e'er knew ; 
Love that is Soul-love 

Can never be broken 
When Soul answers Soul 

I am still one with You ! 



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Thou^K tKe willow in silence is 

weeping 
ThougjK tKe ivy is wet ^tK tKe dew : 
TKe Love tKat is Soul-love is keeping 
TKe Love tKat no otKer Soul knew. 
Ever on wKile tKe star lamps are 

swingeing, 
Sweet incense o'er woodland and 

deep, 
TKe Love tKat Her Soul-love is 

singling, 
Is singling, Ker loved ones to sleep ! 




' Out through the Gates of the West in Her splendor 



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What ! Out of senseless Nothing to provoke 
A conscious Something to resent the yoke 
Of unpermitted Pleasure under pain 
Of Everlasting Penalties, if brcke ! 

Omar LXXVIIL 

Take all the pleasure, as it comes 

your way ; 
Live while you live, ye Cloisterman 

doth pray : 
" O Lord! Thou gravest us life, and left 

us free 
To live in pleasure, while we live 

in Thee ! " 

Freely, from Life's fountain, take 

the sparkling draught 
And you' 11 die happy, ^when 

you know you've laughed ! 

O Lord, by these things men live and in all these 
things is the life of my spirit, so wilt Thou recover me and 
make me to live. — Isaiah XXXVIII, 16. 



3^tqnit&tant m ^ate 

ONOR the noble soldier dead, 
With flowers deck his lowly bed ; 
The loyal Blue and loyal Gray 
Are sleeping neath one fla^ today ! 



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Immortal fame to leader -■ braves 
Give them full meed of g,lory ; 
The marble tablets o'er their graves 
In requiems tell their story. 

Bring, flowers for the men who fell ; 
Who sleep in lonely unmarked 

graves ; 
Grand monuments will never tell 
The names of hosts of silent braves ! 

Now rest in Peace : thy children pray, 
A hundred millions true and strong ! 
Soldiers ! a Nation bows today 
In grateful prayer, in praise and song. 



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OW sunli^Kt steals away 
Hush ! tis tKe close of day ; 
Souls of the Earth now pray : 
Souls of the Earth now in the 
Silence see 
An opening vision of Eternity ! 
Li^ht from the World 's uncrown 

In Silence settles down 
And stretching wider than Earth's 
foam -flecked sea 
Is Elohim's ung,rown Eternity: 
The Destiny to be ! 
Where breaks the Waveless Wave 
The Destiny to be ! 



Give all you have 

Of Love, and Joy, and Mind, 

The more you ^ive 

The greater store you'll find ; 

The lowly Nazarene 

Who taught this lessson true 

Gave all He had — 

He ^ave His life, for you ! 



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Mission House for the Deaf, Liverpool, England 



V — ^OU play to win the Game o£ Life 
^^^1. and strive for Wealth and Fame, 
^^ — ^ for^ettin^, in all the strenuous 
strife, many points that will win the 
Game. 

^^houg,h least, the points o£ Wealth 
and Fame shine out in the bright 
limelight; while points that cinch the 
desperate ^ame are obscure, and lost to 
si^ht. 

^^ ome g,et discouraged at the start, and 
lie down along, the way ; while 
others play a valiant part and win ^ood 
points each day. 

^feood winners will lend a helping 
hand to losers, from day to day; 
and use the power at their command to 
show them the winning way. 

WflWhen Life is done, that ends the 
play "-what matters Wealth and 
Fame : your score will win on Judgement 
Day if you've played an Honest Game. 



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Oh that one would hear me ! behold 
my desire is that the Almig,hty ^vould 
answer me, and that mine adversary had 
written a book. 

Surely, I would take it upon my 
shoulder and bind it as a crown to me. 

Job XXXI, 35, 36 




A crazy man often seems polite and 
exceedingjly courteous. He is misunder- 
stood. It is pure pity for you whom he 
thinks the real nut. Get me ? 

A youn^ fool may g,et wise : an old 
fool is sot. 



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HERE bright the lig,ht 
Falls on the plain 
Of Indra's sand ; 
The ancient seers 
All rise a^ain 
And tless the land. 



The modern curse 

Of Graft and Greed 
They Overpower : 

And plant instead 
By Occult deed 
Beyond the dead 

The Soul's sweet dower. 

While Eons mark 

The way they came 
Through li^ht and dark 
To spell the name 

Of Love to men 

The Indra's hark, 
Then sin^ a^ain ! 



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The thunderstorm by li^htnin^ 

driven 
Plays round ray Soul 's immortal 

brow ; 
Still all content within my Heaven 
I rest, and fear I do not know : 
For He who made Creation's form 
Surveys, and well controls the storm. 



When you with God in unison 
Divinely are combined 
You walk upright and face the Sun 
And shadows leave behind. 



When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid : Yea 
thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 

Proverbs III. 24. 



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HEN Love was youn^ 
The skies were clear, 
And Beauty blossomed 
Everywhere : 
When Love was old 

It wiser ^rew 

And loved the thing^s 

It never knew 



When it was youn^ : 

It had to learn 
The worth of Soul 

At every turn : 
And learning well 

It learned to say 
"Not Beauty's shrine 

But God in clay!" 




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IFE is a fountain 

Full and free 
And wide as beings rang>e ; 
It 's streams are 
Immortality : 
In life and deatK exchange. 

And on the breast 

of Life's ^reat flood 

TrutK moves forevermore 
While the whole 
Universe of God 

Is passed from shore to shore. 




Truth is mighty and must prevail 
O 'er Error's storm of leaden hail! 



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ULTIVATE the human g,races, 
Fit yourself into the weather ; 
Thing,s will surely ^o to pieces 
If they do not hold tog,ether. 

Sounds like a Visdom, Rachel ! 

Find your place amon^ your brothers 
Pull together with the tide ; 
Talk it over with the others 
Get their view ere you decide. 

Not mit customers, Jokey ! 

When your craft is tossing, headlong 
Buffeted by threat'nin^ wave — 
That 's the time ! when you are in 

wrong, 
Skill and Patience often save. 

Grossarti^ ! Hannah nichtwahr ? 

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The Philosophers say that Knowledge 
is the discovery of Ig,norance. 



(gifae Summer a Cfjance 

^ofo iaineame ^prmg botly nestle m tl]e lap of grizzleb piinter 

She fain would bide with us awhile 
And lure us with her Siren smile ; 
Begone ! thou false and chilly Miss 
We lon^ for Summer's warmer kiss. 



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OW when the roses are 
blooming 
Gentle Spring,, you may say 
your farewell ; 
Saucy face, so chill and assuming, 
Reveals what your words will not 
tell. 

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Miss Spring,, youVe \vorn out your 

welcome, 
You were scheduled to fly lon^ a^o, 
That airship should certainly ^o 

some — 
You are breezy and airy — so blow ! 



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True, our poets have told of your 

teauty 
And Kave crowned you Queen o£ 

tKe May, 
While you g,i^g,led and chewed 

tutti - fruitti 
And flirted with Winter, they say. 

Fie! sat in his lap, you sly coquette. 
And tickled him under the chin ; 
As you coaxing,ly teased 

"O, don'tfeoyet, 
Don't let Madam Summer come in." 

But she's coming arrayed in her 

splendor, 
And she' 11 wither you both with a 

glance; 
Joy -Riders and hosts who attend her 
Are shouting ** Give Summer a 

Chance! " 

Above was provoked after a succession of chilly days 

in late June, in the environs of Chi, by the 

tumbling,, turbulent waters of the Mich. 



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Some Pilots, in their pious zeal, 
Fail to put-across the Weal — 
The mariners may hear his call 
But do not g,et his drift at all : 

Maundering on Rhetoric's Sea, 
The Preacher sails quite aimlessly 
Stalled at last on Log^ic's Bank, 
If no one's hurt the Lord we thank. 

Who cultivates the melancholy 

And thinks it folly 

To be jolly 
Is dead, and is himself the tomb 

Of one cold heart 

That died of ^loom : 
Disturb it not ; just let it rot ! 

The real bunco man is he who tries 
to pass his silence and g,loom ofF for 
wisdom and sanctity. 

For there is hope o£ a tree, if it be cut down that it will 
sprout ag,ain and that the tender branch thereof will not 
cease. Job XIV, 7 



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^ Citizen of Bon 

ORD who shall abide in Thy 
Tabernacle ? 

Who shall dwell in Thy holy hill ? 

He that wallceth uprightly and 
wovketh righteousness, and 
speaketh the Truth in his heart 

He that backbiteth not with his 
tongue, nor doeth evil to his 
neighbor. 

In whose eyes a vile person is 
contemned. 

But he honoreth them that fear the 
Lord. 

He that sweareth to his own hurt 
and chan^eth not. 

He that putteth not out his money 
to usury, nor taketh reward 
against the innocent. 

He that doeth these things shall 
never be moved. — Psalms, xv. 



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^ Citizen of Cottage (grobe 

A Gentleman is all a man 
Could ever want to be : 
He's Gentle, and he's Modest 
And a Prince of Courtesy ; 
He's Generous and Forg,ivin^ 
And slow to take Offense ; 
He's a Stranger to Suspicion 
And Deception and Pretence. 

The Gentleman g,oes forth at ease 
In consciousness of Ri^ht : 
He is never Avaricious 
He subdues his Appetite : 
He's Considerate and Tactful, 
He is Genuine, He is True ! 
Friend ! If you re not a Lady 
I hope that HE is YOU ! 

Don't worry : ever do and say 
The kindest things 
The kindest way. 




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WENGLI was a Swiss patriot 
and reformer, who, throug,hout 
his life was an exemplification of 
the hig,h spiritual and moral character 
that is developed in Man throug^h close 
association with ideal Woman. 4J& He 
imbibed his earlier education on his 
mother's knee, throug,h the medium of 
Bible stories. He was a champion of 
Liberty, and believed in the ultimate 
emancipation of Woman, whom he under- 
stood and worshipped. 

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For a time he was barred from close 
communion by virtue of his sacred office ; 
but not for lon^, as one of the earliest 
reforms he succeeded in bring,in^ about 
was the abolition of the law of celibacy, 
which enabled him to complete his life 
and ^ive to the world a fiiller conception 
of the ^reat Truths that he was pro- 
mulg^ating, in that darkened era. 



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The follo^ng, estimate and appeal 
were inspired during the contemplation 
following a reading, of Zwen^li's whole- 
some and edifying discourses : 

Listen here, Man ! 

You've feot to come down to brass 
tacks. 

An honest confession is ^ood for 
the Soul ; 

And an honest estimation is g,ood 
for what ails you. 

The bountiful Giver of life has 
distributed the persimmons 
pretty evenly : 

You pride yourself on your stren^th^ 
but when it comes to beauty, 
Woman has you faded to a 
frazzle ; 



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You are daring and confident : 
very admirable qualities, but 
they often develop into fool- 
hardiness and conceit. 

The unassuming and diffident Woman 
will ^ain and hold your admira- 
tion, and may subdue your daring 
and confidence. 

You are ^reat in action, Woman is 
sublime in suffering ; 



You ^o abroad and shine ; Woman 
illumines the home, and her li^ht 
is like a 500-watt flaming arc 
which turns your dinky 10-watt 
into a shadow. 

You summon all your powers of 
oratory to convince : Woman 
wins her way by gentleness and 
kindness, smiles and tears, 



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You are mathematical and scientific : 
Woman has taste and artistic 
instincts. 

You think you have superior 

judgment: ^ovci^ns judgment has 
sensibility to re-enforce it. 

You assume the quality of justice : 
Woman is an An^el of Mercy, 

You have a ru^^ed heart, Woman 
has a loving and tender one. 

Both of you are prone to sin, and 
tog,ether, create misery ; your 
courag,e may prevent it : when it 
comes, Woman is there to 
relieve it. 

Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of 
trouble ; 

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth 
also like a shadow and continueth not. 

Job XIV, 1-14. 




'S^{|C Suffragette 

<^l|c sees tl|C fotse Creator's plan, 
^ijc fcantB ia i{e^, to uplift ^iffiUm I 




09m ti)t (Sate 

AY Man, g,ive Woman all Ker due : 
She's Avide awake, and after you; 
Unto her sway some day you'll 
tow — 
Be ^ood, why not surrender now? 
She's knocking, at the \vicket g,ate, 
Swin^ it ^vide, she is your Fate ; 
She wants to come into your life — 
She ^vants to he move than your ^fe 



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She's reading, up the Man-made Laws ; 
Believe me, she has found some flaws ; 
She's ^ettin^ wise, and learning, fast- 
She's found her rig,ht - of - ^vay at last! 
You've lived for centuries on bluff, 
She's Leen your slave quite lon^ 

enough ; 
She wants to vote, don't let her wait • 
Come on old Man, unlock the Gate ! 



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HEER up, brothers ! the battle is 
on 
The foes are assembled at 
Armag,eddon ; 

There's a stir in Jehoshophat's valley, 
they say 

And the foemen are fighting, like 

demons, today ! 
All over the earth the stru^^le now 

rag,es 

And the records are ^rowin^ on 
History's pa^es ; 

The armies of Truth are valiant and 
strong 

And pushing, the conflict of Ri^ht 
over Wrong, ; 

Black Error is stubborn and will 
not be crushed 

Till the war cry of Mortals forever 
is hushed ! 



^k temper Wvvmniil 

And I saw a ^reat white throne and Him that sat on it, 
from Whose face the earth and the Heaven fled away. 

Rev. XX, 11. 

When Napoleon stood a broken force 
on the rock-ribbed isle beg,irt by the 
shores of the inexorable sea, out of the 
ashes of his former power he saw The 
Great White Throne of Justice rise, 
from Whose face his earth and his heaven 
fled away: 

His iron will and sinewy frame. 
His thirst for power, and rule and 
fame 

Went down as broken reeds before 
the touch of Him Who holds the ^waters 
in His hand, and all the isles takes up as 
very little thing,s : His ^lory was Am- 
bition's will- o -the -whisp, incarnadined 
with blood : living as a murderer, dyin^ 
a criminal, buried as a pauper, among,st 
strang,ers in a strang,er land : 



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" TKis trampler of the world 
Now on tKe Judgment trumpet waits! " 

And all other would-be tramplers 
will one day see The Great White 
Throne of Justice rise, before Whose 
face their streng^th and power will shrivel 
up and turn to clay : their g,uilty souls, 
stained by the curse of Cain, will sink to 
deepest Hell, and never rise a^ain ! 

as? »s5p 

The War of Rig,ht 'gainst selfish 

Mig,ht 
Has long, since been declared ; 
You are enlisted in the fig,ht 
Halt ! Soldier, be prepared : 
The hosts of Rig,ht, all fit for fi^ht 
Are marching, on, hooray ! 
To War for Rig,ht ! to Hell with 

Mig,ht 
That steals our Rig,hts away ! 



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Like the deep sounding tan^ of 

Eternity's Sea 
Like the Wind as it sings to the 

Shore ; 
Like the shimmering sheen of God 's 

Infinity 
Is the song that she sings evermore : 

Where the glory supernal of Elohim's 

throne 
Spreads a mantle of light everywhere 
I meet in a rapture with her who 

has gone 
And in spirit atide with her there : 



Dream faces that linger in Memory's 

shrine 
And cheer us ty day and by night ; 
Faces that glow with Love that 's 

divine 
And lead us in paths that are right. 



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iHp (§mt6i6 anb CxobuS 

N tKe Morning, I came 

It was Spring 

And I cried : 
At Noontime came Summer 

I laug,hed 

In my pride 
She passed me in splendor 

Bestowing 

A smile ; 
I loved Ker and kept Ker 

In sig,ht 

For a wKile. 
At Even, I rested, 

Sweet Summer 

Had flown 
And left me with Autumn 

Communing, 

Alone ! 
WitK Autumn, tKoug,h wrinkled 

I flirted 

And wept 
At Midnig,Kt came Winter, 

So Cold: 

And I slept ! 



Zf)t Placfe ^jpirit 



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CHE BLACK SPIRIT stands ty 
and satiates his accursed soul 
ty pillage and hy plunder dire, 
while the ^ood earth rocks to 
and fro by shock of g,uns in thunderous 
roar, while rivers at full tide run blood, 
and human forms lie in hu^e windrows 
piled, to find their way to rest with 
Mother Earth a^ain throug^h pitch and 
brimstone, oil and fire ; while fathers 
starve and mothers die from shock, and 
widows till the ground, and hungry 
children, tattered and unkempt, stand 
round, in sullen protest shivering and 
homeless as Winter ^rim approaches, 
bereft of all save Need and God 's pro- 
tecting arm, while smoking battlefields 
obscure the sky, toward which the help- 
less, hapless turn their faces in despair- 
ing prayer. 



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It is a madman's or^y ; a ^houl-and- 
gjoblin's ^am.e directed by Hell 's King, of 
Devils : 

Who for Kis just and adequate reward 
will Kave to wait till God builds over 
Hell and multiplies its furries multifold : 

Then, then, when he has ^one, o'er 
all Earth's wilds and wolds a mantling 
sheen of Peace and Glory will be spread : 
o'er all the Earth will be The White 
Reflection of The White EfFulg,ence, of 
the White Lig,ht, of The White Glory, of 
The White Throne, of The White Spirit — 

THE WHITE GOD : 

And nothing, shall hurt nor destroy 
in all His Holy Mountain ; He shall lead 
His flock like a Shepherd and g,ather the 
Lambs in His arms. He shall lead them 
unto Living Fountains of Waters, and 
wipe away all tears from their eyes. 

Rev. XXI, 4. 



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niie Old Testament in Sequence 
TKe great JeKovaK speaks to us 
In Genesis and Exo Jus : 






y^^j^f^ Leviticus and Numters see ^^/>^^ 

'^/>9' Followed bj) Deuteronomy). '^i/^s^ 

"fe^^Cl Joskua and Judges svJa^) tke land, "^^^ 

i^^ Ru^ gleans a sKeaf vJitK tremtling Kand ; ^^ 

^^^^J^ oamuel and numerous fv-rngs appear ^"^^i. 

^^ Whose CKronicles delight our ear. ^^ 

^Ql0* Ezra and Mehemiah nov3 '^r^/^ 

^^^^ Esther the beauteous mourner shovJ. ^^/>v 

Job speaks in sighs, Da^'id in Psalms, j&<^ r^ 

The Proverbs teach to scatter alms ; ^^^^Si 

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tcclesiastes then comes on, ji^^^^ 

And the sweet Song of Solomon. t^^L 

c>,^^ Isaiah, Jeremiah then ^^ 

^^^^ With Lamentations takes his pen, ^s^/^^^ 

-|J^^ Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea's lyres ^!^ 

SvJell Joel, Amos. Obdaiah's. ^^ 

Next Jonas, Micah, Nahum come ^'^*sJi 

And loft^) Habakkuk finds room — ^'^ 

^^^ While Zephaniah Haggai calls, ^r^/^ 

^^^ Wrapt Zachariah builds his vJalls ; "^^^ 

0S^€^ And Malachi wi4i garments rent, 0<(/>4^ 

J^^ Concludes the good Old Testament. ^^ 



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Old Time is our Banker 
From wKom we must borrow 
Every m.inute we live — 
Today and tomorrow ; 
The ricK and tKe poor, 
The proud and the humble 
Must borrow from him 
Or their Credit will tumble. 



Here is a little 
Checking, Account : 
It shows your Investments 
And the Amount : 
Old Time is a Shylock 
You cannot forestall : 
He Takes your Capital, 
Surplus and all. 

To every thin^ there is a season, and a time to 
every -purpose under the heaven. Reel. Hi, 1 



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TIME INVESTMENTS 



Capital ^totk: 

SUNDAY: 
MONDAY : 
TUESDAY : 
WEDN'SDAY: 
THURSDAY: 
FRIDAY: 
SATURDAY : 



12 3 4 5 6 7 

That's a Week. 

For a Time Loan 
Promptly Speak. 

In Milk of Kindness 
Take a Share. 

Save every Minute 
You can spare. 

Keep the Bonds of 
Love at Par. 

Take no Stock 
In News of War. 

Get Time to Check 
Up your Account 

And carry forward 
The Amount. 



A time to ^et, and a time to lose ; a time to 
keep silence, and a time to speak, Eccl. Hi, 7 



.aEEPSWEETLY-lN-THlS- 

PE^SAKT•R00N^•O•TH0U, 

:*(HO-E'ER-THOU-ARTt 
IND-UI-NO-MOURNFUIYESTERDAYS 
JlSTURB-THY-PEAGEFUL-HEART. 
|0R-LET-T0N10RR0W-MAR'THYREST 
ilTH-DREAMS-OF-COMlNCrlLL 

THVllAKER-ISTHYCHANaELESS-FRlEKD, 
ilS-LOVE-SURROUNDS-THEE-STlLL. 
paET-THYSELF-AND-ALLTHE-WtD. 
fUT-OUT-EACH;FEVERISH-UCHT. 
iHESTARS-ARESHlNlNa-OVERHEAD 
Mp-smETlSoOD-NlCHT! ,^, „ , 
€.OOP|QHT 



gl Somnolent Wtitiii 

These were more noble than those in Thessalomca, in 
that they received the Word with all readiness of mind, and 
searched the Scriptures daily, whether those thing,s were so. 

Acts XVII. 11. 

BIBLE TALKS FOR STUDENTS 

Was a card that caug^Kt my eye, 

And I stopped to read tKe details 

As I was passing by: 

A man of hi^K attainment 

In ancient Bible lore 

Was to g,ive a dissertation 

From two o'clock till four. 

4515? ass? 

The subject was inviting^ — 
I mig,ht say 'twas apropos > 
I would ^et a master's vision 
On some thing,s I long,ed to know. 
When the gentlemanly usher 
Had shown me to a seat, 
In wrapt anticipation 
I waited for my treat. 



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Observing those around me 
I ^vas conscious of a scare 
By tKe quickening of my pulses 
And the rising of my hair ! 
* Twas a g,atherin^ of bishops 
And professors, nothing less, 
And their critical inspection 
Made me shrivel, I confess. 

Indeed the situation 
Almost drove me to despair 
With those lofty domes of reason 
Shining, all about me there ; 
A fool was in an atmosphere 
Where Angels fear to tread : 
I knew it, as I listened 
To what the speaker said : 



His voice was musical and clear — 
His words ? I ' 11 let you read them 
here: 



Two-Hundred-21 A SOMNOLENT THESIS 

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'' In the universal syllabus of the con- 
joined conjugations of complex psycho- 
logical Epig,eneses, the determining factor 
is Biogenetic : losing si^ht of this, many 
seekers after Truth fail to arrive at the 
desired Paling,enetic process, status and 
^oal: a constant, consistent biolation of 
Psychological energy is the open way to 
superconscious, systemic elucidation, dis- 
enthrallment, endowment and power. 

Here, the Bitle, above all other 
books, is a lamp unto the feet and a li^ht 
unto the path: The entrance of the 
Word ^iveth Li^ht. 

Then ''Search the Scriptures," and 
in them you will find Solution, Salvation 
and Eternal Life, for the Bible is the 
record of the unfolding Race-Soul in its 
journey toward the Absolute! " 



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GoodNi^ht! 
Slumber on, tKou tKoug,Ktless wi^Kt ! 
Throug,h the discourse dense and deep 
Close your eyes and sweetly sleep ; 
Slumber on till morning Illicit ; 

Good Ni^ht ! 

"Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, Peace in thy breast : 
■ Would I were Sleep and Peace, so sweet to rest 1 ' ' 

" Come, g,entle Sleep ! attend thy 

votary's prayer. 
And, thoug,h Death's imag^e, to my 

couch repair ; 
How sweet, though lifeless, yet with 

Life to lie 
And, without dyin^, O, how sweet 

to die!" 

Above four lines I copped from 

Latin ling,o — 
But " Goin^ South" is by myself, 

byjin^o! 




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S we retire at nig,Kt 

We die ! 

From eartK on Wing,s of Thought 

We fly! 
If througjK tKe day we lived 

Not well 
Our course is SoutK and straight 

For Hell! 

So live, tKat wKen at nig,Kt 

You lie 
Your compass points toward 

TKe sky; 
Start any time from 

9 to 11 
And catcK the Nig,Kt Express 

For Heaven. 

All Aboard ! 



MUSINGS Two-Hundred-24 

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H 



OOKING BACK at our folly and 
blindness 
And tKe cKarms and delig,Kts 
of our YoutK, 
Our deeds tKat were tempered witK 

Kindness 
Console like a Message of TrutK. 



Looking forward witK Hope and 

Ambition 
We re sustained by tKe lessons 

of YoutK 
TKat promise a Kappy transition 
To regions of Kindness and TrutK ! 

It 's tKe good little tKin^s you do 
And tKe nice little tKing,s you say 
It's tKe joy you are g,ivin^ 
TKat makes lifo wortK livings : 
One glorious Koliday ! 



tKfje iWcggage of tErutf)! 

I entered into my inmost soul, Thou bein^ my g,uide, 
and beheld even beyond my soul and mind the Nig,ht un- 
changeable. He who knows the Truth knows what that 
Nig,ht is : and he that knows it, knows Eternity. 

St. Aug,ustine. 



I 



F you desire some g,ood to do 
For Kuman lives, sore, twisted, 
curled, 

Release the message bound in you 
And send tKe Word around tKe 
World. 

assp 

And Ke whose heart is open to 
The Truth you by the Word unfurled 
Will find that po^ver sent by you 
In its transmission 'round the World. 

OSS? 

Unfold your messag,e while you can, 
Your Godlike banner, richly pearled 
And with the Brotherhood of Man 
March on with it around the World ! 



^0 ^anls I 

A CORPORATION aggregate of 
many is invisible, immortal, 
and vests only in intendment and 
consideration of the law. They 
cannot commit treason, nor be 
outlawed, or excommunicate, for 
they have no souls, neither can 
they appear in person, but by 
attorney. 

Coke's Reports, vol. x. p. 52. 



^aib in Jf utt 

^^^^HE laborer is wortKy of his full 
# C\ hive S^i The Partial Yield is 
%^ J selfish and g^reedy, which ill 
^^■^^ becomes the institution that 
essays to supply the entire wants of all 
the world. In our larg,e cities today 
there are many Partial Yield companies 
that monopolize trade in every line of 
commerce, to the detriment and ultimate 
annihilation of individual endeavor. 

But while every effort is directed to 
force universal patronage, the companies 
use their arbitrary power to compel the 
workers who assist them to accept meaner 
Partial Returns, that is, they exact a 
maximum of service for the smallest 
possible reward. 

Be it known to you, O men of Partial 
Yield companies that the laborer is 



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worthy of Kis full Kire, and tKe day is 
dawning wKen Ke sKall g,et it ! In that 
day it shall be more tolerable in Sodom 
than for you in your unholy marts ; yea ! 
even Tyre and Sidon shall fare better at 
the Judgement ! Luke x, 13-14. 

At least one Partial Yield company 
has been shaken, even down to its third 
subway, by a ' ' Slip - of - a - Girl ' ' who 
reads her Bible and firmly believes that 
laborers are worthy of their hire. 

The Say Book, a daily journal that 
exists by g,race of the masses, and there- 
fore, in a position to say the Truth, the 
whole Truth, and nothing else^ tells her 
story in a straight - from - the - shoulder 
way that is refreshing and satisfying, in 
the issue of November 2nd, 1914. 

*' A Slip - of - a - Girl '' was hired by 
one of those Partial Yield companies at 
a yield of six -per, with the alluring 



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reminder tKat she would have half a day 
off on Saturdays. Fine! It ^vas ^vork 
that required dexterity of the fing^ers, 
^which were cut and blistered by speedy 
work. To insure speed, the company 
put over the fair laborers Mr. MocSchnell, 
^vhose ability to deliver the g,oods g,ave 
him a cinch on the job. 

" Vork must schon fevti^ be today " 
Was MocSchneU's speil on Saturday 

when quitting time came, and he put this 
over a couple of times already on the 
Slip- of -a- Girl, but never a^ain, believe 
me ! X^^ The Saturday came when she 
rebelled, and ^vith several companions, 
took what \vas her due, in spite of the 
Teutonic explosions of MocSchnell. 

Monday, the pay envelope cometh 
shy four bits. The Slip kicketh to Herr 
MocSchnell. ''Ish Kabibble! " Then she 



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slippetK a kick to tKe ^azooks Ki^Ker 
up : ditto. 

Then g,oetK sKe forth to the presence 
of the ^reat I AM, of the Partial Yield 
company and sayeth thing,s ^which sorely 
stirreth the heart of Lord Be^g,, and she 
winneth him over and g^etteth the elusive 
four bits, yea, even for her sisters ; and 
now have they shaken the very dust of 
that house from their soles ; yea, verily ! 

Woe unto ye of Partial Yield: and 
ye, my children, go your way: I send you 
forth as lamhs amon^ wolves. He that 
heareth you heareth Me, and he that 
despiseth you despisethMe. — Luke X, 10-3. 



Riches are a curse to those who are 
always afraid that the rights of others 
will ^et the better of their meanness. 



HINDOO VERSION 



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Of 4ie Creation of Woman, 



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Life is just a waiting, Station 

On tKe Road of Destiny ; 

From our birth we travel onward 

Onward toward Infinity. 

Here on Earth we're simply waiting 

At the Station, contemplating, ; 

Waiting for the Grand Transition — 

Flyer for the Home Elysian. 

ass? ass? 

Now it's coming, hear the whistle — 

Everyone is g,ettin^ on ; 

Soon the Earth will fade behind us 

And Infinity will dawn : 

Youth and Spring and Love Eternal 

Ever are abiding there ; 

With delights so grand awaiting 

Life is irksome otherwhere. 



I£ a man die shall he live a^ain ? For the days of my 
appointed time will I wait, till my change come. 

Job XIV, 14. 




^inboo Vtv9iion of tfie Creation 
0i Wioman 

'T the very teg^inning, of Time 
Twashtri, tKe Vulcan of tKe 
Hindoo MytKolog,y, created tKe 
World, according to tKeir 
crumbling, tablets and musty tomes in the 
archives of that ancient people. Now, 
this pseudo g,od with the limitations 
found that he had exhausted his entire 
human material in the creation of Man. 
There did not remain one solid element. 
Twashtri perplexed, fell into a profound 
meditation, arousing from which, he did 
as follows ; 

He took the roundness of the moon, 
the undulations of the serpent, 
the entwinement of climbing, plants, 
the trembling, of the g,rass, 
the slenderness of the rose- vine and 
the velvet of the flower, 
the lightness of the leaf and 



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the glance of the faw^n, 

the ^aity of the Sun's rays and 

the tears of the mist, 

the inconsistency of the Wind and 

the timidity of the hare, 

the vanity of the peacock and 

the softness of the down on the 

throat of the swallow, 
the hardness of the diamond, 
the sweet flavor of honey and 
the cruelty of the ti^er, 
the warmth of fire, 
the chill of snow, 
the chatter of the jay and 
the cooing, of the turtle dove : — 

He united all these and formed a Woman. 
Then he made a present of her to Man. 

Ei^ht days later the Man came to 
Twashtri and said: "My Lord, the 
creature thou g,avest me poisons my ex- 
istence. She chatters without rest, she 
takes up all my time, she laughs for 



Two Hundred-35 HINDOO CREATION 

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nothing, at all, and is always ill." And 
Twashtri received tKe Woman a^ain. 

But ei^Kt days later tKe Man came 
again to the g,od, and said: "My lord, 
my life is very solitary since I returned 
this creature. I remember she danced 
before me, singling,. I remember how she 
glanced at me from the comer of her 
eyes; that she played with me; clung 
to me." 

And Twashtri returned the Woman 
to him. 

Three days only passed and Twashtri 
saw the Man coming to him again. 

"My Lord," said he, '1 do not under- 
stand exactly how, but I am sure the 
woman causes me more annoyance than 
pleasure. I beg you to relieve me of her." 

But Twashtri said: **Go your way 
and do your best." 



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And tKe Man cried; "I cannot live 
with Ker!" 

"Neither can you live without her," 
said Twashtri. 

And the Man was sorrowful, murmur- 
ing, "Woe is me, I can neither live with 
her nor without her." 



Strange, is it not ? that of the myriads who 
Before us pass'd the door of Darkness throu|,h 

Not one returns to tell us of the Road, 
Which to dicover we must travel too. 

Omar K. LXIV. 



Praise is the reg,ular diet of fools, yes, 
but the wise men like it, and if they 
could an^le for fish as they do for com- 
pliments, Isaak Walton would have some 
competition in the Piscatorial Hall of 
Fame, believe me. 

A snub is a rub on the hub 
of the dub you collide with. 



OKe 

Transformation of Man 

Te Cloisterman's Version 




Wi)t Kvamtovmation of jWan 

'EARS rolled by, and it came to 
pass tKat all the excellent 
material tKat tKe Vulcan had 
used in the creation of Man 
he§,an to deteriorate and to disinteg,rate, 
and the Woman in that day looked with 
sorrow and aversion upon the human 
wreck, and straig,ht^vay ^oeth she unto 
her alleged creator, and maketh one 
awful holler on the shortcoming's of her 
sometime lord and master, and returned 
the debris to Twashtri. 

" O mig,hty Vulcan ! " thus cried she, 
" Look at the Man you wished-on me : 
He hath no hair upon his head, 
His eyes are dull, his nose is red ; 
His very teeth are falling, out ; 
He is a fright, beyond a doubt : 
The creature limps, his feet are sore, 
I do not like him any more ! " 



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The Hindoo ^od, a^ain perplexed 
To see Kis pet creation vexed 
Took Mr. Man into the woods 
And thus addressed the damag,ed 
^oods : 
" You have my sympathy, old man 
And I will help you all I can : 
I'll send my Artisans to you 
To shape and make you over new." 

Twashtri then summoned : 
2 Famous Doctors, 
2 Trained Nurses, 
2 Physical Culturists, 
2 Occulists, 

2 Eye and Ear Specialists, 
1 Dentist, 

1 Cook, 

2 Manicurists, 
2 Chiropodists, 
2 Masseurs, 

2 Beauty Touchers, 
2 Barters, 



Two Hundred-41 TRANSFORMATION 

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2 Wig,makers, 
2 Haberdashers, 
2 Shoemakers, and 
9 Tailors ; 

And he turned them loose on the human 
discard. And behold, when the Man 
came forth out of the woods, and the 
Woman ^limmed the Transformation 
that had been wrought, she rejoiced 
exceedingly, saying : " O Twash, is this 
the Man I returned to you? " " The same 
Man," he murmured, " and then some!'' 



Put timid Scare without 
Let honest Dare come in ; 
With Courag^e, you will conquer 

Doubt 
And Life's ^reat battle win. 



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Kindness is the Soul tKat lingers 
By EartK's weary g,uest ; 
Kindness is JeKovah's fing,ers 
Weaving, robes of rest : 

Kindness walks about tbe City; 
Swinges the ^ates ajar; 
Opens up the Heavens of Pity 
Where the Immortals are ! 

assp 

Be Tolerant, put out the ^rud^e ! 

Remember man 

That God will judg,e ! 

And while you look through 

narrow eyes 

While praying that 

The Lord All-Wise 
Be merciful in judging, you 

Be tolerant 

With your fellows too. 



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rf° 



ST tKink of it ! a little Love 
Will soothe an aching, heart : 
A few kind words, a helpful deed 
And you have done your part ; 



If each one g,ave a little Love, 
A kindly Word, a Smile : 
The whole World would be happy 
And every Life worth while ! 

Of the unspoken Word you are master: 
The spoken Word may be master of 
you! 

Thoug,hts unexpressed, you may 

forg^et ; 
Harsh Words bring, sorrow and regret. 
Attune your heart and tongue to son^ 
And cheer some sad, dull life alon^. 



Acquaint now thyself with him and be at peace : there- 
by ^ood shall come unto thee. 

Receive I pray thee, the law from this mouth, and lay 
up his words in thine heart. 

Job XXII, 21-22 



^ Utfc^g lEirror. 

/CT^rc arc icyoi hearts, i^zxz arc spirits h<xv^ 

^m^crc arc souPs tnaf arc -pure arid fruc; 

® ^ct) 4\vi (o t^c iDorft t^c DCS t pou ^avc. 

UiTb t^c ^cst s^aff coii)c Daca topou. 

(Sivc (oDc.api* love lo^our 9car( mu ffow, 
Ji strcij^f Ktw^our uf ipost met); 
3Sgvc faiip aijt) a score of pcarts w'm s^ow 
Q^cir faii^'xv ^our iPor"i atj5 "bcc"^. 

^5 or ^fc k t^c tpirror of &\vs av^ siavc^ 
iSis iust w^at t)ou arc aij&^o ; 
^^cp aive to tuc worfS t^c best j>ou ^avc» 
(kv^ t^Q. ozsi mff con?«i vach to^ou. 



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Why, if the Soul can flin^ the dust aside, 
And naked on the Air of Heaven ride, 

Wer' t not a Shame, wer't not a Shame for him 
In this clay carcase crippled to abide ? 

Omar K. XLIV. 

We are tut tKe rebuilt clay 
Of Cain and Abel 
Doin^ service in our day 
As we are able : 

Soil is Soul, and Soul is Spirit 
In succession : 
In Creation all find merit 
Through Progression. 

For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and 

that He shall stand upon the latter day 

upon the Earth. And though, after 

my skin worms destroy this body, 

yet in my flesh shall I see God. 

Job XIX, 21-26. 

Hear the dying, Soldier cry 
Looking, up^vard to^vard the sky : 
" God of Mercy ! are You there ? 
Do You see me ? do You care ? " 




€ben ^a |9ou anii 3 

And I SQVj Viierc{ore Vo VVic unmarned; iV is 
good {or \\\em \\ Vliey abide even qs I ; buV \\ 
VUevj cQnnoV conVa'm, leV Vbem marrij, {or iV 
js beHer Vo morrvj VVian Vo burn. 1st Cor. VII, 8, 9 



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OW, ladies and gentlemen, listen! 



Q 



WKile I sin^ of the joys of a life 
That comes ^when the man is 
a husband 
And a lady a dutiful wife. 



When Adam awoke in his Eden 
He first felt the need of a mate ; 
Every creature that breathed in 

his garden 
Was meeting, or had met, their mate. 



All around him were turkey and 

chicken 
And horses and cattle and sheep — 
All wise to the scheme of creation, 
Poor Adam, alone, had to weep. 



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A Bachelor Man by compulsion 
Was Adam, one lone, dreary nig,Kt ; 
But there was a reason, I tell you — 
There wasn't a woman in si^ht. 

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On Adam the Lord took compassion 
Took a spare -rib from out of his side ; 
And from it he fashioned a woman 
And g,ave him a beautiful bride. 

Now ladies and gentlemen, listen ! 
All you of the Bachelor kind-- 
There's a lot of the joys of existence 
You are losing, and leaving behind. 

as? 

No spare - ribs ! but rooster and 

chicken 
Are crowing and cackling around ; 
There's not an excuse to be single 
With business like this on the ground. 




It WQ3 WqsIi Dq\j in Eden 
Tlio' Eve dJdnH care ; 

Tlic pieces were scanty 
Her wardrobe was bare : 

Said Adam, bewildered : 
♦* Your Wosiiin^ 
Looks fmc ! 

But tell me, dear Evc-a : 

Wliich Fig Lea{ 
^r'.'.li^ Is mine ? " ^^ 



^ 



CT?li£*^ 



WHEN ADAM DRESSED 
FOR DINNER 



HILE all tKe World is tuning 

And sin^in^ Christmas lays, 
I 'd like to fill a Loving Cup 
And drink to Happy Days. 



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Nor would the Nectar of the Gods 
With my sweet draught compare ; 
Methinks I have it, by lon^ odds, 
On famed Olympus, there. 

I 'd fill my Cup with Rarest Wine, 
Eternal Youth I 'd blend, 
I'd stir in all your Love and mine — 
And then ! We'd drink, my Friend. 

The Christmas days would come 

and g,o. 
Our joys would never end — 
Now, let us just suppose it's so, 
And pass the Cup, my Friend. 



^ Cup JfuU 

y^HE CUP OF LIFE sometimes 
■ ^ J Kolds nectar, sometimes g,all X*^ 
^^^ Some |,et more bitter tKan of 
sweet, m.ore sorrow than seems just and 
TTieet 4?i some turn their s^veetness into 
^all : and some make nectar of it all. 

A CUP OF COLD WATER 

And whosoever shall g,ive to drink 

unto one of these my little ones 

A Cup of Cold Water only in 

the name of a Disciple, 

verily, I say unto you 

he shall in no wise 

LOSE HIS 

REWARD Matt. 10-42. 

It isn*t always the fellow with the 
Loving Cup under his Tungsten - cluster 
that carries the Lig,ht of Love in his heart. 




HERE is so much Good in the Worst of us 
And so much 'Bad in the Best of us 

That it hardly behooves Any of us 
To talk about the 1(est of us 



-xotstr LOUIS tTtrmsoH 



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3t Happenetr in a ^uUman 

HEODORE slumbering 
in a Pullman car 
Awoke one nig,ht 

from a deep dream of war, 
The incandescent bulb 

within his berth 
Flashed on a scarehead : 

" Teddy Rules the Earth!" 
Some muck-rake dope 

to make the angels weep 
And brin^ on g,hastly 

nigjhtmares in his sleep. 
Mephistopheles, he of fiery fame, 
With white - hot pencil 

traced out many a name ; 
Teddy, with irresistible 

and tragic leer. 
His g,leaming» molars set 

'twixt ear and ear, 
Sat up so suddenly 

he bumped his head 



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WhicK came in contact 

witK the upper bed. 
This strenuous knock 

upon his cranial dome 
Brought recollections of 

a jar at Rome; 
He g,ently rubbed 

the sore spot on his head 
And to the Presence 

in the car he said : 

" Satanic Majesty ! old boy, 

I am de — lighted, 
Don't for a moment think 

that I'm affrighted, 
I've met most every kin^ 

and ruling potentate : 
You've nothing on me there, 

at any rate. 
I never could have met you 

at your door 



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That's wKy this bully feeling 

g,ets me more." 
The infernal scribe deig,ned not 

to raise his head : 

( For once a damned reporter cut him dead ) 

But kept on writing, 

with his smoking, pen 
Writing, " Teddy Something " 

every now and then. 
"What writest thou ? " 

Mephisto looked up now 
A hell- o- smile encircling 

his low brow 
Answered : 

" A list of some men that 

I want to g,et; 
I need them badly down below, 

you bet." 

Then Teddy rubbered 
at the devilish list 
And dared to hope 



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the greatest name was missed ; 
For each day of the week 

a list of names was placed 
And at the head of each 

a "T" and "R" were traced; 
Then Teddy yelled : 
** My name is on your list 

for seven days " 
" That's rifeht," the Devil said, 
" I'll have to try and 

^et you seven ways." 



The heart is like a blue bell hun^, 
A Lily is the mind 
And life is like a son^ well sun^ 
With heart and mind combined. 

Keep your ri^ht hand on the mill; 
Keep your left hand on the till ; 
Keep your mind upon the will, 
And you ' 11 pay the Printer's bill ! 



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No, dear reader, Be-El-Tee will not 
g,et a Lasketful. I once made a try for 
the line and waited, hoping, he would 
start a new stuff department. He did. It 
is kno^vn as Awful Silence. No loud 
stuff from me for 

DeGuy of the Chi-Tri. 
Never A^ain ! 

The Type in this book was hand - set 
by the author. Most of the Musings 
were composed without manuscript. 

We have no proofreader ; we take 
chances : you know it ! 

Some one has said : There is one 
^ood hooh in everybody X*<f If this is 
not my Good Book, I fear the ^ood in me 
will be '' interred with my bones." 



Wifii fe tfje gtate of man. tKotrap 
fte puteforti) tfje tenber leabegof fjope, 
tomortoto blosgomsi ajss? tfje tljirb bap 
comeg a frost anb nips ijiJS root : 





•antr tfjen ^e Jf aUs ! 



JSHALL PASS THROUGH THIS WoRLD BUT ONCE 
ANY G<»<»D THING -THEREFORE -THAT I CAN 
I DO OR ANY KINDNESS THAT I CAN SHoVV 
T> ANY HUNAN BEING - LET ME D^ IT N«V/ i 
LET ME NOT DEFER IT N^R NEGLECT IT F^R 
I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN" 



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